Investigation of the relationship between Hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes with HCV-RNA and alanine aminotransferase levels in chronic Hepatitis C patients;Kroni̇k Hepati̇t C'li̇ hastalarda Hepati̇t C vi̇rusu (HCV) genoti̇pleri̇ i̇le alani̇n ami̇notransferaz ve HCV-RNA düzeyleri̇ arasindaki̇ i̇li̇şki̇ni̇n araştirilmasi

Mikrobiyoloji Bulteni

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 111-115

  Kucukoztas, Mustafa Fatih ^a   Özgüneş, Nail ^a   Yazici, Saadet ^a  

^a Enfeksiyon Hastaliklari ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Klini i   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alanine aminotransferase; Genotype; HCV RNA; Hepatitis C virus

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77749341539     PISSN: 03749096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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