High prevalance of TT virus infection in Japanese patients with liver diseases and in blood donors

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 221-227

  Kato, Takanobu ^a   Mizokami, Masashi ^a   Orito, Etsuro ^a   Nakano, Tatsunori ^a   Tanaka, Yasuhito ^a   Ueda, Ryuzo ^a   Hirashima, Noboru ^b   Iijima, Yoshihiko ^c   Kato, Tetsuo ^c   Sugauchi, Fuminaka ^d   Mukaide, Motokazu ^e   Shimamatsu, Kazuhide ^f   Kage, Masayoshi ^f   Kojiro, Masamichi ^f  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Chyukyo Hospital   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA DAINI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d Enshu General Hospital   (Japan)

^e SRL INC   (Japan)

^f KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis; Genotype; HCV; Hepatocellular carcinoma; TTV

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER RISK; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; DNA VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; JAPAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS CARCINOGENESIS;

EID: 0032813734     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(99)80217-7     Document Type: Article

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