Hepatitis G virus or GB virus C;Hepatitis G-virus eller GB virus-C

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 161, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 2653-2656

  Heinsen, Anja ^a   Fomsgaard, Anders ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FLAVIVIRUS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; REVIEW; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADULT; CHILD; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS;

EID: 0033519097     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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