Role of cytokine gene polymorphism in recurrent HCV infection after liver transplantation [1]

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1723-1724

  Ben Ari, Ziv ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 16; LYMPHOTOXIN; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR B; SCLEROPROTEIN;

CELL PROLIFERATION; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FIBROGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAFT FAILURE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER CELL; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT VIRUS INFECTION; RISK REDUCTION; STELLATE CELL;

HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-SIS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 33751017978     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20844     Document Type: Letter

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