A case-control study on a novel DNA virus (TT virus) infection and hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepatology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 294-299

  Tagger, Alessandro ^a   Donato, Francesco ^a,b   Ribero, Maria Lisa ^b   Binelli, Giorgio ^c   Gelatti, Umberto ^a   Portera, Giuseppe ^a   Albertini, Alberto ^a   Fasola, Michele ^a   Chiesa, Roberta ^a   Nardi, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA VIRUS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; ITALY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARVOVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; BASE SEQUENCE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA VIRUSES; DNA, VIRAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; ITALY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033002047     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510300115     Document Type: Article

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