Transfusion transmitted virus (TTV) in dental patients

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 184-187

  Takata, Yutaka ^a   Kurokawa, H ^a   Fukuda, J ^a  

^a KYUSHU DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dental; Oral; Oral surgery; TT virus

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTISTRY; DNA VIRUS; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GENDER; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SURGICAL PATIENT; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0037687501     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/ijom.2000.0224     Document Type: Article

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