Presence of a newly described human DNA virus (TTV) in patients with liver disease

Lancet

Volumn 352, Issue 9123, 1998, Pages 195-197

  Naoumov, Nikolai V ^a,b   Petrova, Elena P ^a   Thomas, Mark G ^b   Williams, Roger ^a  

^a Institute of Hepatology   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA VIRUS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0032543934     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)04069-0     Document Type: Article

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