Hepatitis G virus RNA in the serum of patients with elevated gamma glutamyl transpeptidase and alkaline phosphatase: A specific liver disease

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 301-306

  Colombatto, P ^b   Randone, A ^b   Civitico, G ^b   Monti Gorin, J ^b   Dolci, L ^a   Medaina, N ^a   Oliveri, F ^b   Verme, G ^b   Marchiaro, G ^b   Pagni, R ^b   Karayiannis, P ^c   Thomas, H C ^c   Hess, G ^d   Bonino, F ^b   Brunetto, M R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Bochringer Mannheim   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bile duct; Cholestasis; Flaviviridae; GB virus C (GBV C); Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis C virus; Hepatitis G virus (HGV); Viral hepatitis

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VIROLOGY; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CHILD; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0030281660     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.1996.tb00102.x     Document Type: Article

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