The frequency of blood-born viral infections in a population of multitransfused Brazilian patients Freqüência de infecções virais transmitidas por transfusões em uma população de pacientes brasileiros multitransfundidos

The frequency of viral markers for hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV), human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) and human T-lymphotropic virus-1 (HTLV-1) was evaluated in 32 Brazilian ß-thalassemia multitransfused patients. Additionaly the serum concentrations of ferritin and alanine aspartate transaminase...

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Main Authors: Dimas T. Covas, Edmir Boturão Neto, Marco A. Zago
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1993-06-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651993000300008