High proportion of hepatitis c virus in community asian american patients with non-liver-related complaints

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 367-371

  Kin, Kevin C ^a   Lin, Brian ^a   Ha, Nghiem B ^a   Chaung, Kevin T ^a   Trinh, Huy N ^a   Garcia, Ruel T ^a   Nguyen, Khanh K ^b   Nguyen, Huy A ^b   da Silveira, Eduardo B ^b   Levitt, Brian S ^b   Nguyen, Mindie H ^b  

^a San Jose Gastroenterology   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian American; Hepatitis C; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BLOOD; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAUCASIAN; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CALIFORNIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84883004044     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: 15392031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e3182688b3e     Document Type: Article

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