Lack of association between hepatitis C virus infection and diabetes mellitus in Gabon [6];Absence de lien entre infection par le virus de l'hepatite C et diabete au Gabon

Gastroenterologie Clinique et Biologique

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 135-136

  Perret, Jean Luc ^a   Moussavou Kombila, Jean Baptiste ^b   Delaporte, Eric ^c   Pemba, Liliane Flore ^b   Larouze, Bernard ^d  

^a SERVICE DE SANTÉ DES ARMÉES   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE LIBREVILLE   (Gabon)

^c Laboratoire de Rétrovirologie   (France)

^d IMEA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GABON; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE;

ADULT; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; GABON; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0034056212     PISSN: 03998320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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