Determination of hepatitis C virus genotypes in pruritus patients in Saudi Arabia

Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-49

  Halawani, Mona ^a   Bakir, Talal M ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; SAUDI ARABIA; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; PRURITUS; RNA, VIRAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 84856294597     PISSN: 19450265     EISSN: 19450257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/gtmb.2011.0064     Document Type: Article

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