Post-transfusion hepatitis type B following multiple transfusions of HBsAg-negative blood

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 639-643

  Saraswat, Shubhangi ^a   Banerjee, Kakoli ^b   Chaudhury, Navjyoti ^a   Mahant, Tekchand ^a   Khandekar, Pramod ^b   Gupta, Rakesh Kumar ^a   Naik, Sita ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Blood donor; Blood transfusion; HBsAg ELISA; HBV DNA; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INDIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING;

EID: 0030296681     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(96)80232-7     Document Type: Article

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