Prevalence of hepatitis b and hepatitis c markers in alcoholics with and without clinically evident hepatic cirrhosis

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 69-73

  De Oliveira, Luiz Carlos Marques ^a   Buso, Abadia Gilda ^a   Rodrigues De Oliveira, Alessandra Terezinha ^a   Arantes, Cidamaiá Aparecida ^a   Borges, Luciana Vasconcelos ^a   Valente, Selma Regina Guerra ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Alcoholic cirrhosis; Alcoholic liver disease; Alcoholism; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis C virus

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0033092229     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46651999000200002     Document Type: Article

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