Natural History of Hepatitis C

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 95, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages 189-192

  Roggendorf, M ^a   Meisel, H ^b   Viazov, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C; Natural history; Pathogenesis; Transmission

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY, EAST; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0033641833     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762000000700032     Document Type: Review

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