Distribution of hepatitis C virus genotypes in Iranian chronic infected patients

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Sefidi, Fatemeh Jahanbakhsh ^a   Keyvani, Hossein ^a   Monavari, Seyed Hamidreza ^a   Alavian, Seyed Moayed ^b   Fakhim, Shahin ^c   Bokharaei Salim, Farah ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Baqiyatallah Research Center for Gastroentrology and Liver Disease   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Genotype; Hepatitis C; Iran

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFANT; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84874033491     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/hepatmon.7991     Document Type: Article

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