Management of HCV infection and liver transplantation

International Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 79-83

  Schiano, Thomas D ^a,b   Martin, Paul ^a,c  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Division of Liver Diseases

Author keywords

Antiviral therapy; Liver transplantation; Recurrent hepatitis C

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2B; RIBAVIRIN;

DISEASE SEVERITY; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PHYSICIAN; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 33646230040     PISSN: 14491907     EISSN: 14491907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijms.3.79     Document Type: Review

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