Detection of HCV RNA in subjects with antibody to hepatitis C virus among the general population of Fukuoka, Japan

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 147-151

  Hayashi, Jun ^a   Nakashima, Koya ^a   Yoshimura, Eriko ^a   Hirata, Miki ^a   Maeda, Yoshiaki ^b   Kashiwagi, Seizaburo ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Japanese Red Cross Kyushu Block Blood Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

anti HCV; general population; HCV RNA

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNA, VIRAL; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0028202218     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02358675     Document Type: Article

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