The clinical significance of the detection of hepatitis GBV-C RNA in the serum of patients with fulminant, presumed viral, hepatitis

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-49

  Haydon, G H ^a   Jarvis, L M ^a   Simpson, K J ^a   Hayes, P C ^a   Simmonds, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fulminant hepatitis; Hepatitis G virus; Hepatitis GBV C; Post transfusion hepatitis

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030638960     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2893.1997.00122.x     Document Type: Article

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