Spontaneous clearance of hepatitis C virus after liver transplantation

Transplantation

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1102-1103

  Weber, Nicholas K ^a   Trotter, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INNATE IMMUNITY; LETTER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; HEPATITIS C; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; REMISSION;

HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 65549108273     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e31819d407c     Document Type: Letter

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