Hepatitis C virus in monozygotic twins

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 163-165

  Gonçales Jr , Fernando L ^a,b   Stucchi, Raquel S B ^a   Pavan, Maria Helena P ^a   Angerami, Rodrigo N ^a   Gonçales, Neiva S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNICAMP ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

HCV transmission; Monozygotic twins

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; TWINS; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0034184710     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652000000300010     Document Type: Article

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