Preemptive antiviral treatment for hepatitis C virus after living donor liver transplantation

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 791-793

  Sugawara, Y ^a   Tamura, S ^a   Yamashiki, N ^b   Kaneko, J ^a   Aoki, T ^a   Sakamoto, Y ^a   Hasegawa, K ^a   Kokudo, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBINTERFERON ALPHA2B; PEGINTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; ORGAN DONOR; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEROLOGY; SPLENECTOMY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INTERFERONS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RIBAVIRIN; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 84859486325     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: 18732623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2012.01.031     Document Type: Article

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