The natural history of hepatitis C virus in pediatric liver transplant recipients

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1119-1123

  Barshes, Neal R ^a   Udell, Ian W ^a   Lee, Timothy C ^a   O'Mahony, Christine A ^a   Karpen, Saul J ^a   Carter, Beth A ^a   Goss, John A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CADAVER DONOR; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MYCOSIS; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT INFECTION; RETRANSPLANTATION; SURVIVAL TIME; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746022361     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20793     Document Type: Article

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