Hepatitis G virus infection in hemodialysis patients and the effects of interferon treatment

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1986-1991

  Umlauft, Florian ^b   Wong, David T ^b   Underhill, Peter A ^b   Oefner, Peter J ^b   Jin, Li ^b   Urbanek, Martina ^b   Gruenewald, Kurt ^b   Greenberg, Harry B ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HEPATITIS VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADULT; AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EVALUATION; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERFERON-ALPHA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0030700536     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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