Hepatitis G virus infection in haemodialysis patients and its relationship with hepatitis C virus RNA positivity

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 451-454

  Hizel, Nedret ^a   Tunçbilek, Semra ^a,b   Boyacioǧlu, Sedat ^a   Özdemir, Nurhan ^a   Haberal, Mehmet ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Başkent University School of Medicine ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032411171     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365549850161412     Document Type: Article

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