Hepatitis C and cirrhotic liver disease in the Nile delta of Egypt: A community-based study

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 64, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 147-153

  Darwish, M A ^a   Faris, R ^a   Darwish, N ^a   Shouman, A ^a   Gadallah, M ^a   El Sharkawy, M S ^a   Edelman, R ^a   Grumbach, K ^a   Rao, M R ^a   Clemens, J D ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMOTHERAPY; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0034978601     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2001.64.147     Document Type: Article

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