Infection with GB virus C, hepatitis C and B viruses in 1,044 cases autopsied at the Medical Examiner's Office in Tokyo

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 123-128

  Takamatsu, Jun ^a   Tsuda, Fumio ^b   Okudaira, Masahiko ^a  

^a Tokyo Medical Examiner's Office   (Japan)

^b Shinagawa ku   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Chronic liver disease; Genotype; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis C viruses; Hepatitis viruses

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; JAPAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOKYO;

GB VIRUS C/HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0031946562     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199806)55:2<123::AID-JMV7>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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