Chronic hepatitis E virus infection in liver transplant recipients

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 547-553

  Haagsma, Elizabeth B ^a   van den Berg, Arie P ^a   Porte, Robert J ^a   Benne, Cornelis A ^b   Vennema, Harry ^c   Reimerink, Johan H J ^c   Koopmans, Marion P G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Laboratory for Infectious Diseases   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; LAMIVUDINE; MESALAZINE; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS; VALACICLOVIR; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT VIRUS INFECTION; RETRANSPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FREEZE DRYING; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HEPATOLENTICULAR DEGENERATION; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 42149140561     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21480     Document Type: Article

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