Prevalence of TT virus in healthy children and thalassemic pediatric and young adult patients

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 629-632

  Kondili, Loreta A ^a   Pisani, Giulio ^a   Beneduce, Francesca ^a   Morace, Graziella ^a   Gentili, Giuliano ^a   Ballati, Guiduccio ^b   Rapicetta, Maria ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Thalassemic patients; TT virus

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; PRIMER DNA; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ITALY; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SERUM; THALASSEMIA; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD DONORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THALASSEMIA; TORQUE TENO VIRUS;

TT VIRUS;

EID: 0035215632     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005176-200111000-00025     Document Type: Article

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