Effect of TT virus infection on hepatocellular carcinoma development: Results of a Euro-Asian survey

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1138-1142

  Pineau, Pascal ^a   Meddeb, Mounira ^b   Raselli, Roberta ^d   Qin, Lun Xiu ^e   Terris, Benoît ^c   Tang, Zhao You ^e   Tiollais, Pierre ^a   Mazzaferro, Vincenzo ^d   Dejean, Anne ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^c BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

^d II Divisione di Chirurgia   (Italy)

^e ZHONGSHAN HOSPITAL OF FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIVER CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DEPENDOVIRUS; DNA VIRUSES; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARVOVIRUS B19, HUMAN;

EID: 0034078390     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315321     Document Type: Article

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