Liver transplantation from an identical twin without immunosuppression, with early recurrence of hepatitis C

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2812-2816

  Yoshizawa, A ^a   Takada, Y ^a   Fujimoto, Y ^a   Koshiba, T ^a   Haga, H ^a   Nabeshima, S ^a   Uemoto, S ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C; Immunosuppression; Liver transplantation; Living related liver donors; Reinfection

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ALPHA2B INTERFERON; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; REINFECTION;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 33750018068     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2006.01531.x     Document Type: Article

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