Transmission of and liver injury by TT virus in patients on maintenance hemodialysis

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 234-240

  Oguchi, Tomomasa ^a   Tanaka, Eiji ^a   Orii, Koji ^a   Kobayashi, Mamoru ^b   Hora, Kazuhiko ^a   Kiyosawa, Kendo ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Nagano Prefectural Kiso Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Hemodialysis; Hepatitis C virus; Hepatitis G virus; TT virus

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DNA VIRUSES; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0032931051     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005350050249     Document Type: Article

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