GB virus C/hepatitis G virus infection among patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in the inshore area of the Yangtze River, China

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1241-1248

  Cao, Kun ^a   Mizokami, Masashi ^a   Orito, Etsuro ^a   Ding, Xin ^a   Ueda, Ryuzo ^a   Chen, Gang ^b   Yu, Shun Zhang ^b   Tokudome, Shinkan ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; GB virus C hepatitis G virus RNA; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis C virus; Hepatitis G virus; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Molecular evolutionary analysis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS GENE;

EID: 0032430428     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1746.1998.01776.x     Document Type: Article

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