Epidemiology and clinical impact of hepatitis D virus (delta) infection

Hepatology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1985, Pages 188-191

  Jacobson, Ira M ^a,b,c,d,e   Dienstag, Jules L ^a,b,c,d   Werner, Barbara G ^a,b,c,d   Brettler, Doreen B ^a,b,c,d   Levine, Peter H ^a,b,c,d   Mushahwar, Isa K ^a,b,c,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c New England Hemophilia Center   (United States)

^d ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD AND HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOPHILIA; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AFGHANISTAN; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HEMOPHILIA A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS DELTA ANTIGENS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PRISONERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0021989962     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.1840050205     Document Type: Article

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