GB virus C/hepatitis G virus infection among Japanese patients with hematological diseases

Hepatology Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 180-191

  Nakano, Tatsunori ^a   Mizokami, Masashi ^a   Orito, Etsuro ^a   Ohba, Ken Ichi ^a   Kondo, Yutaka ^a   Kato, Takanobu ^a   Tanaka, Yasuhito ^a   Wakita, Atsushi ^a   Komatsu, Hirokazu ^a   Nitta, Masakazu ^a   Ueda, Ryuzo ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti E2; Blood transfusion; GB virus C hepatitis G virus RNA; Hematological disease

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; INFECTION RISK; JAPAN; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031406697     PISSN: 09284346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1386-6346(97)00098-3     Document Type: Article

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