Delta hepatitis: Forgotten, but not gone

Current Hepatitis Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 239-242

  Rizzetto, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatitis D; Hepatitis D virus; Hepatitis delta

Indexed keywords

ADEFOVIR; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; FAMCICLOVIR; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERFERON; LAMIVUDINE; PEGINTERFERON; RNA POLYMERASE II; VIRUS RNA;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; DELTA AGENT HEPATITIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION MIGRATION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; VACCINATION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 77958102414     PISSN: 15403416     EISSN: 15410706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11901-010-0058-y     Document Type: Review

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