Chronic hepatitis B and C infection in children in New South Wales

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 190, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 670-673

  Nightingale, Scott ^a   Stormon, Michael O ^a   Day, Andrew S ^b,c   Webber, Murray T ^d,e   Ward, Kate A ^f   O'Loughlin, Edward V ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d HUNTER NEW ENGLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^f New South Wales Government   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS C ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MOTHER; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; AUSTRALIA; BIOPSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEW SOUTH WALES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 68349121645     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02633.x     Document Type: Article

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