Infection with GB virus C in the patients with primary hepatocellular carcinoma in Japan

Hepatology Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-43

  Shibayama, Takao ^a   Hayashi, Seishuu ^a   Saeki, Shunichi ^a   Tanaka, Takeshi ^a   Ohtake, Hiroo ^a   Tanaka, Satoshi ^a   Sawada, Naoto ^b   Okamoto, Hiroaki ^c  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN KOMAGOME HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Institute of Immunology   (Japan)

^c JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis C viruses; Hepatitis viruses; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 0030765966     PISSN: 09284346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1386-6346(97)00049-1     Document Type: Article

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