TT virus infection among blood donors and patients with non-B, non-C liver diseases in Korea

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 389-393

  Nakano, Tatsunori ^a   Park, Young Min ^b   Mizokami, Masashi ^a   Choi, Jong Young ^b   Orito, Etsuro ^a   Ohno, Tomoyoshi ^a   Kato, Takanobu ^a   Kondo, Yutaka ^a   Tanaka, Yasuhito ^a   Kato, Hideaki ^a   Kato, Tetsuo ^a   Kim, Boo Sung ^b  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Blood donor; Genotype; Korea; Non B, non C liver disease; TT virus (TTV)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS NON A NON B; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH KOREA; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 0033065555     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(99)80095-6     Document Type: Article

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