Hepatitis C virus infection in acquired aplastic anemia

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 122-126

  Paquette, Ronald L ^a   Kuramoto, Ken ^b   Tran, Lawrence ^a   Sopher, Ghislaine ^a   Nimer, Stephen D ^c   Zeldis, Jerome B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Sacramento Medical Foundation Blood Centers   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d CELGENE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aplastic anemia; Hepatitis C; RT PCR; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY;

ANEMIA, APLASTIC; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS E; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031861734     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(199806)58:2<122::AID-AJH6>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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