Detection of hepatitis gb virus type c rna in serum and liver from children with chronic viral hepatitis b and c

Hepatology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1258-1260

  López Alcorocho, Juan M ^a,c   Millán, Antonio ^b   García Trevijano, Elena R ^a   Bartolomé, Javier ^a   Ruiz Moreno, Mercedes ^b   Otero, Manuela ^b   Carreño, Vicente ^a,d  

^a Hospital Pardo de Aravaca   (Spain)

^b Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

^c Fund Conchita Rábago   (Spain)

^d Fund Para Estud Hepat Virales ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENOME; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RNA ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030911116     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510250533     Document Type: Article

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