Hepatitis G virus infection in Spanish patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Liver

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 255-258

  Rodríguez Agulló, José L ^a   Suárez, Avelina ^a   Ladero, José M ^a,b   López Alonso, Gustavo ^a   Picazo, Juan J ^a   Díaz Rubio, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Flaviviridae; GB virus; Hepatitis G virus; Hepatocellular carcinoma

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPAIN; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 0031725217     PISSN: 01069543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0676.1998.tb00162.x     Document Type: Article

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