HCV genotypes among 1013 Saudi nationals: A multicenter study

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 10-12

  Al Traif, Ibrahim ^a   Al Balwi, Mohammed A ^b   Abdulkarim, Ibrahim ^c   Handoo, Fayaz A ^a   Alqhamdi, Hamdan Saleh ^a   Alotaibi, Melfi ^d   Aljumah, Abdulrahman ^a   Al Ashqar, Hamad Ibrahim ^e   Bzeizi, Khalid ^d   Al Quaiz, Mohammed ^e   Alalwan, Abduljaleel ^a   Al Hamoudy, Waleed ^f   Sanai, Faisal ^c   Abdo, Ayman ^f  

^a KING ABDULLAH INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b King Abdulaziz Medical City   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Riyadh Military Hospital ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

^d Department of Medicine ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

^e KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^f KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIRUS STRAIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84873889348     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 09754466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2013.10     Document Type: Article

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