Hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes in 373 Italian children with HCV infection: Changing distribution and correlation with clinical features and outcome

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Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 852-857

  Bortolotti, F ^a,b   Resti, M ^c   Marcellini, M ^d   Giacchino, R ^e   Verucchi, G ^f   Nebbia, G ^g   Zancan, L ^b   Marazzi, M G ^e   Barbera, C ^h   Maccabruni, A ⁱ   Zuin, G ^j   Maggiore, G ^k   Balli, F ^l   Vajro, P ^m   Lepore, L ⁿ   Molesini, M ^o   Guido, M ^b   Bartolacci, S ^b   Noventa, F ^b  

^a Clinica Medica V   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^g Clinica Pediatrica De Marchi   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

ⁱ FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^o B Roma Hospital   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; INTERFERON; VIRUS RNA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIREMIA; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 21144448769     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2004.053744     Document Type: Article

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