Hepatitis G virus infection in chronic liver disease

Gut

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 107-111

  Guilera, M ^a   Saiz J C ^a   Lopez Labrador F X ^a   Olmedo, E ^a   Ampurdanes S ^a   Forns, X ^a   Bruix, J ^a   Pares A ^a   Sanchez Tapias J M ^a,b   Jimenez De Anta M T ^a   Rodes J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chronic liver disease; Hepatitis G virus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 7144257844     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.42.1.107     Document Type: Article

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