Distribution of hepatitis C genotype and co-infection rate with hepatitis G in Saudi Arabia

Hepatology Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 95-98

  Al Knawy, Bandar ^a,c   Okamoto, Hiroaki ^b   Ahmed El Mekki, Awad ^a   Elbagir Khalafalla, Mohammed ^a   Al Wabel, Abdulhamed ^a   Qazi, Farooq ^a   Khan, Abdulmajed ^a   Shatoor, Abdallah ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KING FAHAD NATIONAL GUARD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

HCV genotypes; HGV; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

PRIMER RNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EGYPT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAUDI ARABIA; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 0036788158     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6346(02)00080-3     Document Type: Article

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