Hepatitis G virus infection in Egyptian children with chronic renal failure (single centre study)

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Volumn 8, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Hammad, Ayman M ^a   Zaghloul, Mohammad H E D ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; BILIRUBIN; GLYCOPROTEIN E2; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS G; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FLAVIVIRIDAE INFECTION; GENETICS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EGYPT; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; GB VIRUS C; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 74549145513     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14760711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-0711-8-36     Document Type: Article

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