Brief communication: Glomerulonephritis in patients with hepatitis C cirrhosis undergoing liver transplantation

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 144, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 735-741

  McGuire, Brendan M ^a   Julian, Bruce A ^a   Bynon Jr , J Steve ^a   Cook, William J ^a   King, Steven J ^a   Curtis, John J ^a   Accortt, Neil A ^a,b   Eckhoff, Devin E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Cancer Prevention Institute Dayton   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CREATININE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE COMPLEX NEPHRITIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; BIOPSY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 33646826629     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-144-10-200605160-00007     Document Type: Article

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