Prevalence and clinical features of hepatitis G virus infection in bone marrow allograft recipients

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 965-968

  Corbi, C ^a   Traineau, R ^a   Esperou, H ^a   Ravera, N ^a   Portelette, E ^a   Benbunan, M ^a   Gluckman, E ^a   Loiseau, P ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

BMT; GBV C; GVHD; Hepatitis G virus; VOD

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030806610     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1701005     Document Type: Article

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