Ten year incidence of HCV infection in northern Italy and frequency of spontaneous viral clearance

Gut

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1030-1034

  Mazzeo, C ^a   Azzaroli, F ^a   Giovanelli, S ^b   Dormi, A ^b   Festi, D ^b   Colecchia, A ^b   Miracolo, A ^b   Natale, P ^b   Nigro, G ^b   Alberti, A ^c   Roda, E ^b   Mazzella, G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHOLELITHIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; ITALY; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RNA ANALYSIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 0037784059     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.52.7.1030     Document Type: Article

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