Hepatitis C virus in pelvic lymph nodes and female reproductive organs

Japanese Journal of Cancer Research

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 925-927

  Sugiyama, Kazuo ^a   Kato, Nobuyuki ^a   Ikeda, Masanori ^a   Mizutani, Tetsuya ^a   Shimotohno, Kunitada ^b   Kato, Tomoyasu ^c   Sugiyama, Yuko ^c   Hasumi, Katsuhiko ^c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CANCER INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus (HCV); Lymph node; Ovary; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; OVARY; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERUS; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS TITRATION;

EID: 0030668328     PISSN: 09105050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1997.tb00309.x     Document Type: Article

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