The occurrence of hepatitis B and C viruses in Pakistani patients with chronic liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 327-332

  Tong, C Y W ^a   Khan, R ^a   Beeching, N J ^c   Tariq, W U Z ^b   Hart, C A ^a   Ahmad, N ^b   Malik, I A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0029966888     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0950268800001503     Document Type: Article

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