Collection of Liver Tissue for Virologic Studies

Completed

Conditions studied: Virus Disease

In brief

This study will examine liver tissue to investigate the role of viral infections in fulminant hepatitis, liver failure, and profound bone marrow failure. All patients who are undergoing liver biopsy or liver transplantation may participate in this study. For patients undergoing liver biopsy, a small piece of liver tissue will be taken from the sample collected during the scheduled biopsy. For patients undergoing liver transplantation, a small piece of tissue will be collected from the diseased liver that is to be removed.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT00005936
Run by
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
People needed
50
Starts
2000-06-01
Expected to finish
2002-03-01
Last updated by the study team
2008-03-04

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

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