Antibodies to hepatitis C virus and elevated transaminase levels in a town of hyperendemicity in Iwate, Japan

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 67-72

  Koyama, Tomiko ^a,d   Tsuda, Fumio ^b   Ishikawa, Kazuyoshi ^a   Oishi, Hiroshi ^a,d   Tazawa, Minoru ^a,d   Yoshizawa, Hiroshi ^c   Sato, Shunichi ^a   Okamoto, Hiroaki ^a,d  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Shinagawa ku   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hepatitis antibodies; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis C; Hepatitis C viruses; Viral core proteins

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CORE PROTEIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS CORE;

EID: 0031046381     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.1997.tb00349.x     Document Type: Article

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