Prevalence and genotypes of hepatitis G virus among hemodialysis patients in Eastern Anatolia, Turkey

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 102-106

  Ozdarendeli, Aykut ^a   Toroman, Zulal A ^a   Kalkan, Ahmet ^a   Kilic, Süleyman S ^a   Ozden, Mehmet ^a   Doymaz, Mehmet Z ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

East Anatolia; Genotypes; Hemodialysis patients; Hepatitis G virus; Turkey

Indexed keywords

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GB VIRUS C; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RENAL DIALYSIS; RNA, VIRAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TURKEY;

EID: 17244363663     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000083920     Document Type: Article

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