Acute hepatitis C virus and cardiac surgeons

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 519-520

  Thurston, R Scott ^a  

^a CVT Surgical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; CYTOKINE; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; INTERFERON; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; EDITORIAL; FATIGUE; FEVER; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INSOMNIA; KILLER CELL; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MYALGIA; OPERATING ROOM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SURGEON; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ACUTE DISEASE; CARDIOLOGY; GENERAL SURGERY; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; PHYSICIAN IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 60949107226     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.11.023     Document Type: Editorial

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