Chronic hepatitis C in Northern India - The pathological and clinical spectrum

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 52, Issue MAY, 2004, Pages 380-384

  Sood, A ^a   Midha, Vandana ^a   Sood, Neena ^a   Kaur, Harpreet ^a   Malhotra, Vineeta ^a   Awasthi, G ^a  

^a DAYANAND MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; CAUSALITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 13944258554     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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