Prevalence and natural history of hepatitis C infection in patients cured of childhood leukemia

Blood

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4628-4633

  Locasciulli, Anna ^a   Testa, Marina ^b   Pontisso, Patrizia ^b   Benvegnù, Luisa ^b   Fraschini, Donatella ^b   Corbetta, Adele ^b   Noventa, Franco ^b   Masera, Giuseppe ^b   Alberti, Alfredo ^b  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LIVER CARCINOMA; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIREMIA; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0030664287     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v90.11.4628     Document Type: Article

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