Prevalence and clinical characteristics of TT virus (TTV) in patients with sporadic acute hepatitis of unknown etiology

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 985-989

  Parquet, Maria Del Carmen ^a,b   Yatsuhashi, Hiroshi ^a   Koga, Michiaki ^a   Inoue, Osami ^a   Matsumoto, Takehiro ^a   Hamada, Rumiko ^a   Igarashi, Akira ^b   Yano, Michitami ^a,c  

^a Nagasaki Chuo National Hospital   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Michitami Yano   (Japan)

Author keywords

Community acquired; Japan; Non A G hepatitis; PCR; Sporadic acute hepatitis; TT virus

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMINO ACID; BILIRUBIN; VIRUS DNA;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIREMIA; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0032710517     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(99)80309-2     Document Type: Article

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