Seroprevalence of HCV antibody among patients with β-thalassemia major in Amirkola Thalassemia Center, Iran

Iranian Journal of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-

  Tamaddoni, Ahmad ^a   Mohammadzadeh, Iraj ^a   Ziaei, Omid ^a  

^a BABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

thalassemia major; Hepatitis C; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEROPREVALENCE; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 33847640239     PISSN: 17351502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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