Apoptosis and hepatitis C virus infection in renal transplant recipients

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 744-748

  Delladetsima, Ioanna ^a,c   Psichogiou, Mina ^b   Alexandrou, Paraskevi ^a   Nikolopoulos, George ^b   Revenas, Kostantinos ^a   Hatzakis, Angelos ^b   Boletis, John ^a  

^a LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Hepatitis C virus; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEPATITIS C; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER INJURY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NICK END LABELING; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VIREMIA; VIRUS LOAD; BLOOD; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RNA, VIRAL; VIREMIA;

EID: 44849090971     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/U90671UBGT1GLKLL     Document Type: Article

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