Hepatitis B and C virus infections in Turkish children with cancer

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 869-873

  Kocabaş, Emine ^a,b   Aksaray, Necmi ^a   Alhan, Emre ^a   Tanyeli, Atila ^a   Köksal, Fatih ^a   Yarkin, Fügen ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cancer; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VIRUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; NEOPLASMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL; TURKEY;

EID: 0031471348     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007420725704     Document Type: Article

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