Loss of circulating hepatitis C virus in children who developed a persistent carrier state after mother-to-baby transmission

Pediatric Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 263-267

  Sasaki, Nobuhiko ^a   Matsui, Akira ^a   Momoi, Mariko ^a   Tsuda, Fumio ^b   Okamoto, Hiroaki ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Shinagawa ku   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VIREMIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030803009     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199709000-00003     Document Type: Article

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