A case of posttransfusion hepatitis C caused by a blood donated before an appearance of HCV antibody in early period of hepatitis C virus infection

Kanzo/Acta Hepatologica Japonica

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 73-76

  Nagayama, R ^a   Miyake, K ^a   Takikawa, H ^a   Yamanaka, M ^a   Tadokoro, K ^b   Takahashi, Y ^c  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JAPANESE RED CROSS MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c Japanese Red Cross Society   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0031900268     PISSN: 04514203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2957/kanzo.39.73     Document Type: Article

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