Patterns of hepatitis G viraemia and liver disease in haemophiliacs previously exposed to non-virus inactivated coagulation factor concentrates

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 291-295

  Hanley, John P ^a,c   Jarvis, Lisa M ^b   Hayes, Peter C ^b   Lee, Amanda J ^b   Simmonds, Peter ^b   Ludlam, Christopher A ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR CONCENTRATE; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENOTYPE; HEMOPHILIA; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LIVER BIOPSY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIREMIA;

EID: 2642613638     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614980     Document Type: Article

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