Prevalence, severity, and risk factors of liver disease in blood donors positive in a second-generation anti-hepatitis c virus screening test

Hepatology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 725-729

  Serfaty, Lawrence ^a   Baptiste Nousbaum, Jean ^c   Elghouzzi, Marie Helene ^d   Giral, Phillipe ^a   Legendre, Claire ^b   Poupon, Raoul ^a  

^a Unite d'Hepatogastroenterologie   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^c HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^d Fondation Nationale de Transfusion Sanguine ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BLOOD DONORS; COHORT STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VIREMIA;

EID: 0028917841     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0270-9139(95)90524-3     Document Type: Article

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