Biochemical, virological and histopathological changes in Danish blood donors with antibodies to Hepatitis C virus

Danish Medical Bulletin

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 186-188

  Grnbœk, Karin Elmegård ^a,b   Jensen, Ole Jens ^a   Krarup, Henrik Bygum ^a   Dietrichson, Odd ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD DONOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOPSY; BLOOD DONORS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 15844397396     PISSN: 09078916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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