Prevalence of hepatitis B and hepatitis C among preoperative cataract patients in Karachi

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Naeem, Syed Saad ^b   Siddiqui, Efaza Umar ^b   Kazi, Abdul Nafey ^b   Khan, Sumaiyatauseeq ^b   Abdullah, Farhan E ^b   Adhi, Idrees ^a  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cataract; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BLOOD; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PAKISTAN; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE;

ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COINFECTION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84865753311     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-492     Document Type: Article

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