Influence of Hepatitis G virus coinfection on the clinical course of chronic hepatitis C

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 709-714

  Cacopardo, B ^a   Berger, A ^b   Cosentino, S ^a   Boscia, V ^a   Vinci, G ^a   Restivo, R ^a   Brancati, G ^a   Russo, R A ^a   Celesia, B M ^a   Patamia, I ^a   Nunnari, A ^a   Doerr, H W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; LIVER ENZYME; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER INJURY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIREMIA; VIROLOGY; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 0032406229     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100960050165     Document Type: Article

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