Fibrosing cholestatic hepatitis (FCH) has been described as a specific manifestation of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in liver allograft recipients characterized by a rapid progression to liver failure. Only sporadic cases have been reported in other immunocompromised groups infected with HBV an
Hepatitis C virus infection in kidney transplant recipients
β Scribed by Johnson Y. N. Lau; Gary L. Davis; Mathew E. Brunson; Ke-Ping Qian; Hsiang-Ju Lin; Stella Quan; Robert Dinello; Alan J. Polito; Juan C. Scornik
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 581 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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