Successful outcome of severe adenovirus hepatitis of the allograft following liver transplantation

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 318-322

  Perez, D ^a   McCormack, L ^a   Petrowsky, H ^a   Jochum, W ^a   Mullhaupt, B ^a   Clavien, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; Adult; Allograft; Hepatitis; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADENOVIRUS INFECTIONS, HUMAN; ADULT; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PREDNISONE; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35848949552     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2007.00205.x     Document Type: Article

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