Clearance of hepatitis TTT virus infection among Thalassemia children and IVDU

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 269-272

  Vimolket, Thosporn ^a   Theamboonlers, Apiradee ^a   Jantaradsamee, Podchanad ^a   Seksarn, Panya ^a   Hirsch, Petra ^a   Poovorawan, Yong ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DNA VIRUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THAILAND; THALASSEMIA; VIROLOGY; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA VIRUSES; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; THAILAND; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 0033139733     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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