Hepatitis C virus clearance is prominent in women in an endemic area

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1054-1058

  Inoue, Gaku ^a   Horiike, Norio ^a   Michitaka, Kojiro ^a   Onji, Morikazu ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Hepatitis C virus serotype; Virus clearance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIREMIA;

EID: 0033783620     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1746.2000.02276.x     Document Type: Article

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