Prevalence of TTV DNA among children with a history of transfusion or liver disease

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 172-176

  Sugiyama, Kohachiro ^a   Goto, Kenji ^a   Ando, Toshihiro ^a   Mizutani, Fumihiko ^a   Terabe, Koji ^a   Kawabe, Yoshikazu ^a   Yokoyama, Takao ^a   Wada, Yoshiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis; Novel viral agent; PCR; TT virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAPAN; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS VIRUSES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE;

DNA VIRUSES; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NON-A, NON-B HEPATITIS VIRUS; TT VIRUS;

EID: 0033989418     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(200002)60:2<172::AID-JMV11>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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