Dual infection with hepatitis C and B viruses: Clinical and histological study in Saudi patients

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 44, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 1404-1406

  Mohamed, Abdulrahman ElSheikh ^a   Ali Al Karawi, Mohamed ^a   Mesa, G A ^a  

^a The General Directorate of Armed Forces Health Services   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Liver disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER HISTOLOGY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 9844260075     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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