The seroprevalence of hepatitis B, hepatitis C and human immunodeficiency virus infections in paediatric oncology patients in Turkey

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 852, 1996, Pages 609-611

  Berberoǧlu, Semha ^a  

^a ANKARA ONCOLOGY HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis C virus; Human immunodeficiency virus; Malignancy

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; SCREENING; SERODIAGNOSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VACCINATION;

EID: 0029905734     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.72.852.609     Document Type: Article

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