Frequency of hepatitis C and D super infection in patients with hepatitis B related complex liver disorders

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 699-703

  Baig, Saeeda ^a   Siddiqui, Anwar Ali ^b   Ahmed, Waqar Uddin ^c   Qureshi, Huma ^d   Arif, Ambreen ^c  

^a ZIAUDDIN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c JINNAH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^d Pakistan Medical Research Council   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Carrier; Chronic liver disease; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis C virus; Hepatitis D virus; Hepatocelluar carcinoma; Strain D HBV

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; CHILD; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; DELTA AGENT HEPATITIS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPERINFECTION; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHILD; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS D; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; SUPERINFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73349128108     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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