Clinical implications of coinfection with a novel DNA virus (TTV) in hepatitis C virus carriers on maintenance hemodialysis

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 431-436

  Yuki, Nobukazu ^a   Kato, Michio ^a   Masuzawa, Manabu ^a   Ishida, Hisashi ^b   Inoue, Takashi ^c   Tabata, Tsutomu ^c   Matsushita, Yoshiki ^c   Kishimoto, Hiroshi ^c   Sasaki, Yutaka ^b   Hayashi, Norio ^b   Hori, Masatsugu ^b  

^a OSAKA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c Inoue Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C; Non A G hepatitis; Viral hepatitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA VIRUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; SUPERINFECTION; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIREMIA; VIRUS CARRIER;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARRIER STATE; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA VIRUSES; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RENAL DIALYSIS; RNA, VIRAL; VIREMIA;

EID: 0032718394     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199912)59:4<431::AID-JMV3>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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