Familial transmission of hepatitis C virus infection in Chilean subjects;Transmisión familiar del virus de la hepatitis C en un grupo de población chilena

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 131, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1123-1127

  Velasco R, Marta ^a   Poniachik T, Jaime ^a   Alegría Q, Silvia ^b   Brahm B, Javier ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b HOSPITAL ROBERTO DEL RÍO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Antibodies, viral; Family health; Hepatitis C antibodies

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEMOPHILIA; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEPATITIS C; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 1542547320     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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