Prevalence of GB virus-C/hepatitis G virus infection in patients with cryptogenic chronic liver disease and in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis or Wilson's disease

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 484-488

  Tagger, Alessandro ^a   Ribero, Maria Lisa ^a   Larghi, Alberto ^a   Donate, Francesco ^a   Zuin, Massimo ^a   Chiesa, Roberta ^a   Giampiero Benetti, M U ^a   Ramella, Giuliano ^a   Borzio, Mauro ^a,b,c   Podda, Mauro ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c Melegnano Hospital   (Italy)

^d FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS HEPATITIS; WILSON DISEASE;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HEPATOLENTICULAR DEGENERATION; HUMANS; ITALY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

EID: 0033083024     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1999.882_k.x     Document Type: Article

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