Acute hepatitis due to hepatitis C virus infection in the adult population;Hepatitis aguda por el virus de la hepatitis C en la población adulta

Gastroenterologia y Hepatologia

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 677-680

  Hernández Febles, Melisa ^a   Rodríguez San Román, José Luis ^a   Martín Suárez, José María ^a   Pena López, María José ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GRAN CANARIA DR NEGRÍN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis C; Epidemiology; Outcome

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; JAUNDICE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SKIN INJURY; SYMPTOM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPAIN; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71549128044     PISSN: 02105705     EISSN: 15789519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gastrohep.2009.07.008     Document Type: Article

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