Hepatitis B and C virus infections and liver function in aids patients at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Johanneburg

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 13-15

  Lodenyo, H ^a   Schoub, B ^b   Ally, R ^c   Kairu, S ^d   Segal, I ^c,e  

^a Institute for Medical Research   (Saudi Arabia)

^b RSA   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d African Inst of Digestive Diseases   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASES; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESEARCH REPORT; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; STUDIES; VIRAL DISEASES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; HEPATITIS; HIV INFECTIONS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; STUDIES; VIRAL DISEASES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CD4-CD8 RATIO; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0034341339     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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