Influence of hepatitis G virus infection on liver disease

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 916-919

  Diamantis, I D ^a   Kouroumalis, E ^b   Koulentaki, M ^b   Fasler Kan, E ^a   Schmid, P A ^c   Hirsch, H H ^d   Buhler H ^c   Gyr, K ^a   Battegay, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^c Municipal Hospital Waid   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FLAVIVIRIDAE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; LIVER DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 0031457524     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01700559     Document Type: Article

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