Age at infection affects the long-term outcome of transfusion-associated chronic hepatitis C

Blood

Volumn 99, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 4588-4591

  Minola, Eliseo ^a,b   Prati, Daniele ^a,b   Suter, Fredy ^a,b   Maggiolo, Franco ^a,b   Caprioli, Flavio ^a,b   Sonzogni, Aurelio ^a,b   Fraquelli, Mirella ^a,b   Paggi, Silvia ^a,b   Conte, Dario ^a,b  

^a OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTTRANSFUSION HEPATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0037097737     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2001-12-0192     Document Type: Article

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