Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection and human immunodeficiency virus in a cohort of Egyptian hemophiliac children

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 200-202

  Abdelwahab, Magy S ^a   El Raziky, Mona S ^a   Kaddah, Normine A ^a   Abou Elew, Heba H ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8 CONCENTRATE; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8 CRYOPRECIPITATE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EGYPT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEMOPHILIA A; HEMOPHILIA B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEMOPHILIA A; HEMOPHILIA B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84865478463     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 09754466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2012.200     Document Type: Article

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