Long-term follow-up among Danish transfusion recipients identified in the national hepatitis C lookback

Transfusion

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 582-588

  Just, Søren Andreas ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Grau, Katrine ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Georgsen, Jørgen ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Weis, Nina ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Cowan, Susan ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Groenbaek, Karin ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Krarup, Henrik ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Christensen, Peer Brehm ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b SVENDBORG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^d Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858284363     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03309.x     Document Type: Article

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