Torque Teno Virus-Cause of Viral Liver Disease Following Liver Transplantation: A Case Report

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1378-1379

  Piaggio, F ^a   Dodi, F ^a   Bottino, G ^a   Andorno, E ^a   Gentile, R ^a   Ferrari, C ^a   Barabino, G ^a   Giannone, A ^a   Immordino, G ^a   Miggino, M ^a   Magoni Rossi, A ^a   Moraglia, E ^a   Gasloli, G ^a   Gelli, M ^a   Ferrante, R ^a   Morelli, N ^a   Casaccia, M ^a   Valente, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; CYCLOSPORIN; STEROID;

AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANGIOGRAPHY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CYTOLYSIS; HEMOPERITONEUM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS HEPATITIS; COMPLICATION; DNA VIRUS INFECTION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; TORQUE TENO VIRUS 1; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENE;

AGED; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; GENES, VIRAL; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TORQUE TENO VIRUS;

EID: 65549123509     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.03.047     Document Type: Article

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