Hepatitis G virus coinfection in chronic hepatitis B and C patients in Poland

Infection

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 113-115

  Radkowski, M ^a   Stanczak W ^a   Walewska Zielecka, B ^b   LLoch T ^a   Cianciara, J ^a   Wang, L F ^c   Laskus, T ^c  

^a Institute for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases   (Poland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0031891165     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02767771     Document Type: Article

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