Comparative analysis of risk factors and complications of hepatitis B and C infections at khyber teaching hospital, Peshawar

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 83-86

  Khan, Hamzullah ^a   Hayat, Zafar ^a   Saddiq Ur Rehman, ^a   Zarif, Muhammad ^a  

^a KHYBER TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Complication; HBV; HCV; Peshawar; Risk Factor

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 77954876271     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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