Determination of Hepatitis Delta Virus (HDV)-RNA in asymptomatic cases of HDV infection

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 92, Issue 12 SUPPL., 1997, Pages 2232-2236

  Sakugawa, Hiroshi ^a   Nakasone, Hiroki ^b   Kawakami, Yuko ^b   Adaniya, Hiroshi ^b   Mizushima, Takuji ^b   Nakayoshi, Tomofumi ^b   Kinjo, Fukunori ^b   Saito, Atsushi ^b   Zukeran, Hiroki ^b   Miyagi, Yasuhiro ^b   Yakabi, Shizuko ^b   Taira, Masaaki ^b   Kinoshita, Moritoshi ^b   Yamakawa, Yumiko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DELTA AGENT HEPATITIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIREMIA; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS D; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; VIREMIA;

EID: 0030832907     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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