High Seroprevalence of Hepatitis C Virus and Dual Infection (Hepatitis B and C Virus) in Non-Alcoholic Chronic Liver Disease in North India

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 205-208

  Sood, A ^a   Sidhu, S S ^a   Midha, Vandana ^a   Jyoti, Divya ^a  

^a DAYANAND MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INDIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033068784     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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