Torque Teno virus: any pathological role in liver transplanted patients?
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Torque Teno Virus: any pathological role in liver transplanted patients?
Few studies have been performed on the prevalence of Torque Teno Virus (TTV) infection in liver transplant (LT) recipients. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence, viremia and genogroup pattern of TTV among LT patients and to ascertain whether TTV causes liver damage in liver transplanted patients with biochemical and histological changes of unknown origin. Twenty-five patients were...
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عنوان ژورنال: Transplant International
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0934-0874,1432-2277
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2008.00714.x