Persistent hepatitis G virus infection after neonatal transfusion

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 402-407

  Woelfle, Joachim ^a   Berg, Thomas ^b   Keller, Klaus M ^a   Schreier, Eckhard ^c   Lentze, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; GB virus C; Hepatitis G virus; Infants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FLAVIVIRIDAE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031898885     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005176-199804000-00008     Document Type: Article

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