Infection with GB virus C (GBV-C) in patients with fulminant hepatitis

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 842-847

  Tameda, Yukihiko ^a   Kosaka, Yoshitane ^a   Tagawa, Shinsei ^a   Takase, Koujirou ^a   Sawada, Naoto ^b   Nakao, Haruhisa ^c   Tsuda, Fumio ^d   Tanaka, Takeshi ^e   Okamoto, Hiroaki ^f   Miyakawa, Yuzo ^g   Mayumi, Makoto ^f  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Institute of Immunology Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^d Shinagawa ku   (Japan)

^e Japanese Red Cross Society   (Japan)

^f JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g Miyakawa Memorial Research Foundation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Fulminant hepatitis; Hepatitis A virus; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis C virus; Hepatitis viruses

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0030444495     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(96)80287-X     Document Type: Article

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