## Abstract Co‐infection with HBV and HCV seems to be associated with more severe liver disease in retrospective and cross‐sectional studies in adults, but no data are available when co‐infection is acquired in youth. The long‐term outcome of infection acquired in youth was assessed in patients co‐
Long-term outcome of vertically acquired and post-transfusion hepatitis C infection in children
✍ Scribed by SANGUANSAK RERKSUPPAPHOL; WINITA HARDIKAR; GREGORY J DORE
- Book ID
- 108949931
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 69 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0815-9319
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