Liver transplantation in hepatitis C. A Spanish multi-centre experience

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 771-776

  Prieto, Martín ^a   Berenguer, Marina ^a   Rimola, Antoni ^b   Loinaz, Carmelo ^c   Barrios, Cesar ^d   Clemente, Gerardo ^e   Figueras, Joan ^f   Vargas, Victor ^g   Casafont, Fernando ^h   Rons, José A ⁱ   Herrero, José I ^j  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

ⁱ HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

^j Cinica Universitaria   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Chronic rejection; Hepatitis; Hepatitis c; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GRAFT REJECTION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPAIN; SURVIVAL;

EID: 15444350075     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-199809000-00008     Document Type: Article

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