Preliminary results of HBV DNA testing of polish haemophilia patients - lack of occult HBV infection

Haemophilia

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 380-383

  Windyga, Jerzy ^a   Brojer, E ^a   Gronowska, A ^a   Grabarczyk, P ^a   Mikulska, K ^a   Szczepanik, A B ^a   Stefanska E ^a   Buczma, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HEMATOLOGY AND TRANSFUSION MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

DNA HBV; Haemophilia; Occult HBV; Poland

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; HEMOPHILIA A; HEMOPHILIA B; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; DNA, VIRAL; HEMOPHILIA A; HEMOPHILIA B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 39049190010     PISSN: 13518216     EISSN: 13652516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2516.2006.01293.x     Document Type: Article

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