Hepatitis G virus (HGV) infection and its pathogenic significance in patients of cirrhosis

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 110, Issue AUG., 1999, Pages 37-42

  Jain, Anil ^a   Kar, P ^a   Gopalkrishna, V ^a,b   Gangwal, P ^a   Katiyar, S ^a,b   Das, B C ^a,b  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Inst Cytol and Prev Oncol (ICMR)   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; HBV; HCV; Hepatitis G virus; Reverse transcription PCR; Voluntary blood donors

Indexed keywords

HELICASE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PRIMER RNA; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0032742867     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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