Antibody to hepatitis C virus and liver disease in volunteer blood donors

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 1991, Pages 1010-1012

  Alberti, Alfredo ^a,b   Chemello, Liliana ^b   Cavalletto, Daniela ^b   Tagger, Alessandro ^c   Dal Canton, Alessandro ^d   Bizzaro, Nicola ^e   Tagariello, Giuseppe ^d   Ruol, Arturo ^b  

^a Clinica Medica II   (Italy)

^b Clinica Medica 3   (Italy)

^c Istituto di Virologia   (Italy)

^d PET Center   (Italy)

^e Ospedale di S Dona di Piave   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLOOD DONOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOLOGY; LIVER DISEASE; PATHOLOGY;

BIOPSY; BLOOD DONORS; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIVER DISEASES;

EID: 0026425221     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-114-12-1010     Document Type: Article

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