Poor association of GBV-C viremia with hepatocellular carcinoma

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 91-95

  Kubo, Shoji ^a   Nishiguchi, Shuhei ^a   Kuroki, Tetsuo ^a   Hirohashi, Kazuhiro ^a   Tanaka, Hiromu ^a   Tsukamoto, Tadashi ^a   Shuto, Taichi ^a   Kinoshita, Hiroaki ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

GB virus C; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis C virus; Hepatitis G virus; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver resection

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ANTIBODY; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIREMIA;

EID: 0030849601     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(97)80285-1     Document Type: Article

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