Chronic hepatitis delta virus infection in Van region of Eastern Turkey

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-20

  Türkdoǧan, M Kürşad ^a   Bozkurt, Hamza ^a   Uygan, Ismail ^a   Tuncer, Ilyas ^a   Irmak, Hasan ^a   Buzgan, Turan ^a   Akdeniz, Hayrettin ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Eastern Turkey; HDV

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DELTA AGENT HEPATITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS D, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TURKEY;

EID: 17644370033     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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