Hepatitis C Virus Infection After Renal Transplantation

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2933-2935

  Romero, E ^a   Galindo, P ^a   Bravo, J A ^a   Osorio, J M ^a   Perez A ^a   Baca, Y ^a   Ferreira, C ^a   Asensio, C ^a   Osuna, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOGLOBULIN; CYCLOSPORIN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA;

FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 55749095371     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.08.108     Document Type: Article

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