Clinical Course of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Renal Transplant Recipients

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 984-986

  Savas, N ^a   Ocal, S ^a   Colak, T ^b   Karakayali, H ^c   Yilmaz, U ^a   Haberal, M ^c  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Internal Medicine   (Turkey)

^c General Surgery and Transplantation   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 34248507002     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.02.047     Document Type: Article

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