Does hepatitis GB virus-C infection cause hepatocellular carcinoma in black Africans?

Hepatology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 740-742

  Lightfoot, Kurt ^a   Skelton, Michelle ^a   Kew, Michael C ^a,d   Yu, Mimi C ^b   Kedda, Mary Anne ^a   Coppin, Alison ^c   Hodkinson, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HEPATITIS VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIREMIA;

EID: 0030769898     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510260328     Document Type: Article

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