Dual hepatitis virus infections in liver transplant: Case report and a review of the literature

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 282-288

  Yataco, Maria L ^a   Dickson, Rolland C ^a   Bonatti, Hugo ^a,b   Aranda Michel, Jaime ^a   Mendez, Julio ^a   Ghabril, Marwan ^a   Nguyen, Justin ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B; Hepatitis B core antibody donor; Hepatitis C; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADEFOVIR; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; LAMIVUDINE;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIVIRAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; DONOR SELECTION; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIXED INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETRANSPLANTATION; SEROCONVERSION; VIRUS INTERFERENCE;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LAMIVUDINE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 64349111703     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2008.00929.x     Document Type: Article

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