Hepatitis C virus infection in chronic liver disease in Natal

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 80-83

  Soni, P N ^a   Tait, D R ^a   Gopaul, W ^a   Sathar, M A ^a   Simjee, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC ACTIVE HEPATITIS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0030027055     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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