The Natural History of Community-Acquired Hepatitis C in the United States

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 327, Issue 27, 1992, Pages 1899-1905

  Alter, Miriam J ^a   Margolis, Harold S ^a   Krawczynski, Krzysztof ^a   Judson, Franklyn N ^b   Mares, Allene ^c   Alexander, W james ^d   hu, Pin ya ^e   Miller, Joan K ^a   Gerber, Michael A ^f   Sampliner, Richard E ^g   Meeks, Emory L ^a   Beach, Michael J ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b DENVER PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Tacoma Pierce County Health Department   (United States)

^d Jefferson County School System   (United States)

^e Pinellas County Utilities   (United States)

^f TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS, CHRONIC; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0027068086     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199212313272702     Document Type: Article

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