TT virus

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1828-1832

  Bonis, Peter A L ^a,b  

^a UpToDate Inc ^*  (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CIRCOVIRIDAE; DNA VIRUS; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HEPATITIS VIRUS NON A NON B; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION;

EID: 0032840941     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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