Hepatitis C transmission between spouses

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1001-1005

  Koda, Tetsuzo ^a   Yonaha, Mari ^b   Hayashi, Akio ^b   Ishikawa, Katsunori ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KURE MEDICAL CENTER AND CHUGOKU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b LSI MEDIENCE CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus genotype; Hepatitis C virus infection; Hypervariable region 1 (HVR 1); Inter spouse hepatitis C virus transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOUSE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029988225     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.1996.tb00021.x     Document Type: Article

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