Poor association of TT virus viremia with hepatocellular carcinoma

Liver

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 247-252

  Yoshida, Hideo ^b   Kato, Naoya ^b   Shiratori, Yasushi ^a   Lan, Keng Hsin ^b   Ono Nita, Suzane Kioko ^b   Feng, Zhu ^b   Shiina, Shuichiro ^b   Omata, Masao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; TT virus; Viral hepatitis

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER GRADING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; TUMOR VOLUME; VIREMIA;

AGED; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, NEOPLASM; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TOKYO; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIREMIA;

EID: 0034128769     PISSN: 01069543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0676.2000.020003247.x     Document Type: Article

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