Outbreak of hepatitis C virus infection in patients with hematologic disorders treated with intravenous immunoglobulins: Different prognosis according to the immune status

Blood

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1309-1314

  Rossi, Giuseppe ^a   Tucci, Alessandra ^a   Cariani, Elisabetta ^a   Ravaggi, Antonella ^a   Rossini, Angelo ^a   Radaeli, Enrico ^a  

^a SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HYPOGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE STATUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFECTION RATE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0030841812     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v90.3.1309     Document Type: Article

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