HGV/GBV-C infection in patients with acute hepatitis of different etiology and in patients with chronic hepatitis C

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-61

  Fabris, Paolo ^a   Infantolino, Domenico ^b   Biasin, Maria Raffaella ^b   Benedetti, Paolo ^a   Tositti, Giulia ^a   Bettini, Costanza ^a   Marchelle, Giuditta ^b   De Lalla, Fausto ^a  

^a SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis; Chronic hepatitis C; HGV GBV C

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; ITALY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNA; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0031914131     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00009967     Document Type: Article

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