High seroprevalence and clinical significance of hepatitis B and C infection in hospitalized patients with alcoholic cirrhosis

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1002-1006

  Saigal, S ^a   Kapoor, D ^a   Tandon, N ^a   Thakur, V ^a   Guptan, R C ^a   Agarwal, S R ^a   Sarin, S K ^a  

^a G B PANT HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0036688715     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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