Childhood hepatitis C virus infection [3]

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1948-1949

  Comparcola, Donatella ^a   Nobili, Valerio ^a   Sartorelli, Maria Rita ^a   Marcellini, Matilde ^a   Cainelli, Francesca ^c   Vento, Sandro ^b  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2A INTERFERON; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS RNA; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BIOPSY; INFANT; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33644878675     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2005.04019.x     Document Type: Letter

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