Acute non-A-E hepatitis in the United States and the role of hepatitis G virus infection

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 336, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 741-746

  Alter, Miriam J ^a,c   Gallagher, Margaret ^a   Morris, Timothy T ^a   Moyer, Linda A ^a   Meeks, Emory L ^a   Krawczynski, Krzysztof ^a   Kim, Jungsuh P ^b   Margolis, Harold S ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b Genelabs Incorporated   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS NON A NON B; HEPATITIS VIRUS NON A NON B; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS DETECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGNOSIS; RNA, VIRAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031047918     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199703133361101     Document Type: Article

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