Frequency of hepatitis G virus and transfusion-transmitted virus infection in type II diabetes mellitus

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 206-209

  Guney, C ^a   Kadayifci, Abdurrahman ^b,c   Savas, M C ^b   Uygun, A ^a   Balkan, A ^b   Kubar, A ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; HGV; Liver; TT virus

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CIRCOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; GB VIRUS C; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, VIRAL; TORQUE TENO VIRUS;

EID: 14744296366     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2004.00288.x     Document Type: Article

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