Prevalence of hepatitis C virus among patients with liver disease in the Republic of Yemen;Prévalence du virus de l’hépatite C chez les patients atteints de maladie hépatique en République du Yémen

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 4-5, 2001, Pages 771-778

  Al Moslih, M I ^a   Al Huraibi, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^b SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROLOGY; VIRUS HEPATITIS; YEMEN; ACUTE DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DELTA AGENT HEPATITIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; IMMUNOLOGY; LIVER DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIROLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS D; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YEMEN;

EID: 4944251696     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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