Transmission of T. Cruzi infection via liver transplantation to a nonreactive recipient for Chaga's disease

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1112-1116

  Barcán, Laura ^a,c   Lunaó, Concepción ^b   Clara, Liliana ^a   Sinagra, Angel ^b   Valledor, Alejandra ^a   De Rissioí, Ana María ^b   Gadanoá, Adrián ^a   García, Myriam Martín ^b   de Santibañes, Eduardo ^a   Riarte, Adelina ^b  

^a HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Inst Nac de Parasitologia   (Argentina)

^c NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BENZNIDAZOLE; CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SERODIAGNOSIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE DONORS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 25144451354     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20522     Document Type: Article

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