## Abstract Since hepatitis C virus (HCV) and hepatitis delta virus (HDV) are transmitted by the same routes as hepatitis B virus (HBV), simultaneous or concurrent HCV and HDV infection in patients with chronic HBV infection may occur. To test this hypothesis and to examine the clinicohistological
Fulminant hepatitis B virus: Recurrence after liver transplantation in two patients also infected with hepatitis delta virus
β Scribed by W A Marsman; R H Wiesner; K P Batts; J J Poterucha; M K Porayko; H G Niesters; P E Zondervan; R A Krom
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 493 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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β¦ Synopsis
From the 1 Division of Liver Transplantation and the 2 Division of Pathology, Mayo Clinic lents/mL (geq/mL) as the lowest level of detection. 7
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