Incidence and severity of acute allograft rejection in liver transplant recipients treated with alfa interferon.

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Published in Liver Transpl Surg on May 01, 1998

Authors

A Jain1, A J Demetris, R Manez, A C Tsamanadas, D Van Thiel, J Rakela, T E Starzl, J J Fung

Author Affiliations

1: Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and the Veterans Administration Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.

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