Incidence of hepatitis C virus infection in Italian patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Thorax

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 315-317

  Meliconi, Riccardo ^a   Andreone, Pietro ^a   Fasano, Luca ^a   Galli, Silvia ^a   Pacilli, Angela ^a   Miniero, Rita ^a   Fabbri, Mario ^a   Solforosi, Laura ^b   Bernardi, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Genotypes; Hepatitis C virus; Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; ITALY; LUNG FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0029868609     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.51.3.315     Document Type: Article

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