The significance of hepatitis G virus infection in patients with non-A to C hepatic diseases

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 27, 1999, Pages 1870-1873

  Tanaka, Takeshi ^a   Hess, Georg ^b   Tanaka, Satoshi ^a   Kohara, Michinori ^c  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN KOMAGOME HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Beohringer Mannheim GmbH   (Germany)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis G virus; Non A to C hepatic disease

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0032790992     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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