GB virus C/hepatitis G virus infection: A favorable prognostic factor in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients?

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 177, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1723-1726

  Heringlake, Stefan ^b   Ockenga, Johann ^b   Tillmann, Hans L ^b   Trautwein, Christian ^b   Meissner, Dörte ^b   Stoll, Matthias ^b   Hunt, Jeffrey ^b   Jou, Cynthia ^b   Solomon, Natalie ^b   Schmidt, Reinhold E ^b   Manns, Michael P ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; VIREMIA; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 17344368466     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/517431     Document Type: Article

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