Monitoring the natural evolution and response to treatment of post liver transplant recurrent hepatitis C using transient elastography: Preliminary results

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2082-2086

  Bellido Munoz F ^a   Giraldez Gallego A ^a   Roca Oporto, C ^a   Garcia Cayuela T ^b   Pascasio Acevedo, J M ^a   Sousa Martin J M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD SCIENCE RESEARCH CIAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELASTOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY;

ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE;

EID: 84866340380     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: 18732623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2012.07.090     Document Type: Conference Paper

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