TT virus infection in patients with fulminant hepatic failure

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 3602-3606

  Chan, Henry Lik Yuen ^a,b   Hui, Yui ^a   Leung, Nancy Wai Yee ^a   Ching, Jessica Yuet Ling ^a   Chan, Francis Ka Leung ^a   Sung, Joseph Jao Yiu ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TORQUE TENO VIRUS;

EID: 0033636750     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(00)02094-3     Document Type: Article

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