A combined management protocol for patients with coagulation disorders infected with hepatitis C virus

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 383-388

  Ahmed, M M ^a   Mutimkr, D J ^a   Elias, E ^a   Linin, J ^a   Garrido, M ^a   Hubscher, S ^a   Jarvis, L ^b   Simmonds, P ^b   Wilde, J T ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coagulation disorders; Haemophilia; Hepatitis C virus; Liver biopsy; PCR

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; FEMALE; HEMOPHILIA; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0029804286     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1996.d01-1899.x     Document Type: Article

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