Anti-HCV Seroprevalence in Chronic HCV Patients' Children in Turkey [8]

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 90-91

  Tahan, Veysel ^a   Yildirim, Beytullah ^b   Ture, Filiz ^a   Giral, Adnan ^a   Ozdogan, Osman ^a   Imeryuz, Nese ^a   Avsar, Erol ^a   Mert, Ali ^b   Senturk, Hakan ^b   Kalayci, Cem ^a   Tozun, Nurdan ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFANT; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROPREVALENCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TURKEY;

EID: 10744229824     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200401000-00025     Document Type: Letter

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