TTV infection in children with and without liver disease

Indian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 135-137

  Odemis, Ender ^a   Gurakan, Figen ^a   Ergunay, Koray ^a   Yuce, Aysel ^a   Ozen, Hasan ^a   Kocak, Nurten ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis B; Cryptogenic liver disease; Hepatitis B

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; TURKEY;

EID: 4344716519     PISSN: 02548860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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