TT virus infection in acute and chronic liver diseases and in patients regularly receiving blood products in Belgium

Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 161-165

  Ali, Soegianto ^a   Van Pelt, Jos F ^a   Verslype, Chris ^a   Nevens, Frederik ^a   Fevery, Johan ^a   Yap, Sing H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis; Haemodialysis; Haemophylia; TT virus (TTV)

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA VIRUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BELGIUM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TORQUE TENO VIRUS;

EID: 3042718041     PISSN: 00015644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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