Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis C infection in U.S. Veteran liver transplant recipients: Evidence for decreasing relative prevalence of genotype 1B

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3015-3019

  Rosen, Hugo R ^a   Chou, Sunwen ^a   Sasaki, Anna W ^a   Gretch, David R ^b  

^a Divisions Gastroenterol Infect D   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0032876935     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1999.01456.x     Document Type: Article

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