Hepatitis C in Pakistan: A review of available data

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 205-214

  Umar, Muhammad ^a   Hamama tul Bushra, ^a   Ahmad, Masood ^a   Khurram, Muhammad ^a   Usman, Saima ^a   Arif, Mohammad ^a   Adam, Tashfeen ^a   Minhas, Zahid ^a   Arif, Adnan ^a   Naeem, Abdul ^a   Ejaz, Khushnud ^a   Butt, Zameer ^a   Bilal, Muhammad ^a  

^a HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Anti HCV; Hepatitis C virus; Pakistan; Serofrequency

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEPATITIS; AFGHANISTAN; BLOOD DONOR; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INDIA; IRAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MYANMAR; NEPAL; PAKISTAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; REVIEW; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; TOOTH DISEASE;

EID: 77954881061     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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