High prevalence of infection with hepatitis G virus in patients with hepatic and extrahepatic malignancies

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 550-555

  Toniutto, Pierluigi ^a   Pirisi, Mario ^a   Fabris, Carlo ^a   Bardus, Paola ^a   Soardo, Giorgio ^a   Vitulli, Daniela ^a   Tisminetzky, Sergio G ^b   Pacco, Paola ^a   Gasparini, Vinicio ^a   Baralle, Francisco ^b   Bartoli, Ettore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood transfusions; Cancer; Hepatitis C virus; Hepatitis G virus; Hepatocellular carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION RISK; LIVER CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENICITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0031971743     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(98)80277-8     Document Type: Article

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