HCV exposure in spouses of the index cases

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 175-177

  Qureshi, Huma ^a   Arif, Ambreen ^a   Ahmed, Waquaruddin ^a   Alam, S Ejaz ^a  

^a JINNAH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; INTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BLOOD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; IMMUNOLOGY; PAKISTAN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPOUSE;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPOUSES;

EID: 34249667283     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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