The prevalence of hepatitis G virus in cancer patients

New Microbiologica

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 243-248

  Buyukberber N ^a   Buyukberber S ^b   Kadayifci, A ^b   Guney, C ^c   Camci, C ^b   Balkan, A ^b   Kubar, A ^c   Turk, H M ^b   Sevinc, A ^b  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Clinical Oncology ^*  (Turkey)

^c GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Cancer; Hepatitis G virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEMATOLOGY; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; VIROLOGY; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

GB VIRUS C/HEPATITIS G VIRUS;

FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; GB VIRUS C; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; TURKEY;

EID: 11444251572     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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