GB virus C in patients with liver disease of unknown etiology

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 70-72

  Quiros E ^a   Piedrola G ^a   Maroto, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

GBV C; Non A E hepatitis; PCR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPATITIS, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; RNA, VIRAL;

GB VIRUS C/HEPATITIS G VIRUS; NON-A, NON-B HEPATITIS VIRUS;

EID: 0343384224     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2825(2000)14:2<70::AID-JCLA6>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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