HCV-RNA and anti-HCV IgM in Egyptian subjects bearing IgG anti-HCV antibodies

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 113-116

  El Gohary, Ahmed ^a   Hosny, Abdel Moneim ^a   Fawaz, Naglaa ^a   Heiba, Anwar ^b   Abdalla, Essam ^a   Kawano, Fumio ^c   Kiyokawa, Tetsuyuki ^c  

^a Suez Canal University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

^b Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KUMAMOTO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIREMIA;

ADULT; CARRIER STATE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA PRIMERS; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0032869332     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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