Low prevalence of hepatitis c virus infection in porphyria cutanea tarda in Germany

Hepatology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 1500-1503

  Stolzel, Ulrich ^a   Kostler, Erich ^c   Koszka, Christiane ^a   Stoffler Meilicke, Maricka ^b   Schuppan, Detlef ^a   Somasundaram, Rajan ^a   Doss, Manfred O ^d   Habermehl, Karl O ^b   Riecken, Ernst O ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c ACADEMIC TEACHING HOSPITAL DRESDEN FRIEDRICHSTADT   (Germany)

^d PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHLOROQUINE; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; UROPORPHYRINOGEN DECARBOXYLASE; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORPHYRIA CUTANEA TARDA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; BLOOD DONORS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PORPHYRIA CUTANEA TARDA;

EID: 0029072237     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0270-9139(95)90450-6     Document Type: Article

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