The prevalence of delta virus infection in chronic liver disease in Egyptian children in comparison with some other countries

Panminerva Medica

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 97-100

  Morcos, Maher M ^b   Mikhail, T H ^b   Hanna, W M ^b   Abdel Fattah, S ^a   El Rasad, M M ^a   Wassef, E L ^b  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Child; Egypt epidemiology; Hepatitis chronic; Hepatitis delta virus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELTA AGENT HEPATITIS; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS D, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0034204263     PISSN: 00310808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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