The prevalence of TT virus in cancer patients

New Microbiologica

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 463-468

  Camci, C ^a   Guney, C ^b   Balkan, A ^a   Buyukberber, N ^a   Buyukberber, S ^a   Kadayifci, A ^a   Kubar, A ^b  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Cancer; Transfusion transmitted virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA VIRUS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFUSION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA VIRUSES; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; TURKEY; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 0036778012     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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