Role of screening for hepatitis C virus in children with malignant disease and who undergo bone marrow transplantation

Transfusion

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 641-644

  Tada, K ^a   Tajiri, H ^a,b   Kozaiwa, K ^a,b   Sawada, A ^a,b   Guo, W ^a,b   Okada, S ^a,b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; SCREENING;

EID: 0030957339     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.1997.37697335160.x     Document Type: Article

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