Transmission of GB virus C by blood transfusions during heart surgery

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 76-78

  Shimizu, Masaru ^a   Osada, Koji ^a   Okamoto, Hiroaki ^b  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HEPATITIS VIRUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031030362     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1423-0410.1997.7220076.x     Document Type: Article

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