We are writing in regard to a recently published article by Ahn and Cohen documenting the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) to a liver recipient, 2 kidney recipients, and 1 heart recipient. 1 The authors clearly present the case from their patients' persp
Hepatitis C virus and human immunodeficiency virus: The Un-Won Battle
✍ Scribed by Javier García-Samaniego; Xavier Forns
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 130 KB
- Volume
- 46
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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