Primary care physicians' approach to diagnosis and treatment of hepatitis B and hepatitis C patients

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Peksen, Yildiz ^a   Canbaz, Sevgi ^a   Leblebicioglu, Hakan ^a   Sunbul, Mustafa ^a   Esen, Saban ^a   Sunter, Ahmet Tevfik ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA INTERFERON; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; LAMIVUDINE; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SYMPTOM; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; TURKEY;

EID: 2442655321     PISSN: 1471230X     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-4-3     Document Type: Article

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