What is the actual prevalence of the D virus infection in chronic hepatitis and liver cirrhosis in Romania?

Romanian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 179-182

  Grigorescu, Mircea ^a   Pascu, Oliviu ^a   Acalovschi, Monica ^a   Radu, Corina ^a  

^a IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis B; Hepatitis D virus infection; Liver cirrhosis; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA AGENT HEPATITIS; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ROMANIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; PREVALENCE; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS D, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PREVALENCE; ROMANIA;

EID: 0141850420     PISSN: 12214167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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