Viral infections among patients with hemophilia in the State of Georgia

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 36-41

  Hill, Holly A ^a   Stein, Sidney F ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Christmas disease; Epidemiology; Hemophilia; Hepatitis viruses; HIV

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; HEMOPHILIA; HEMOPHILIA B; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GEORGIA; HEMOPHILIA A; HEMOPHILIA B; HEMORRHAGE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0031852125     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(199809)59:1<36::AID-AJH7>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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