Hepatitis C virus-associated cholestatic hepatitis: We cannot seem to agree on diagnostic criteria

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 115-117

  Berenguer, Marina ^a   McCaughan, Geoffrey ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

CHOLESTATIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SURVIVAL;

CHOLESTASIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE;

EID: 84873641235     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.23580     Document Type: Review

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