Unthought-of problems regarding hepatitis D virus infection

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 77-79

  Alavian, Seyed Moayed ^a  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Carrier; Delta infection; HBV; HDV; Occult hepatitis D

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; DELTA AGENT HEPATITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EDITORIAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMAN; IRAN; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; RELIABILITY; REMISSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROCONVERSION; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; NONHUMAN;

EID: 77954885910     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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