Prevalence of TT virus before and after blood transfusion in patients with chronic liver disease treated surgically for hepatocellular carcinoma

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 358-363

  Kobayashi, Masahiro ^a   Chayama, Kazuaki ^a   Arase, Yasuji ^a   Kobayashi, Mizuho ^a   Tsubota, Akihito ^a   Suzuki, Yoshiyuki ^a   Koida, Isao ^a   Saitoh, Satoshi ^a   Murashima, Naoya ^a   Ikeda, Kenji ^a   Koike, Hiromi ^a   Hashimoto, Michie ^a   Kobayashi, Mariko ^a   Kumada, Hiromitsu ^a  

^a TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Hepatitis; Model of infection; TT virus

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TORQUE TENO VIRUS;

EID: 0033392846     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1746.1999.01860.x     Document Type: Article

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