Kidney Transplantation From Donors With Viral B and C Hepatitis

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 996-998

  Veroux, P ^a   Veroux, M ^a   Sparacino, V ^b   Giuffrida, G ^a   Puliatti, C ^a   Macarone, M ^a   Fiamingo, P ^a   Cappello, D ^a   Gagliano, M ^a   Spataro, M ^a   Di Mare, M ^a   Cannizzaro, M A ^a,b   Severino, V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b Civico Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER KIDNEY; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ADULT; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, VIRAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 33744548430     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.03.049     Document Type: Article

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