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Journal of Pediatric Biochemistry 2010; 01(04): 331-338
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1586386
Review Article
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart – New York

Hepatitis C in children: Clinical outcome, route of infection and diagnosis

Abdul Rehman
a   Department of Pediatrics, Quaid-e-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur, Pakistan. Tel.: +92 3006848195; Fax: +92 622730046; E-mail: drarehman100@gmail.com
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22 December 2010

30 January 2011

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01 August 2016 (online)

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Abstract

Hepatitis C virus infection (HCV) in children is not similar to that in adults in many ways. The knowledge of the disease in children is scanty. This review discusses the disease in children.

Keywords

Route of infection - perinatal infection - histopathology - clinical outcome - autoimmunity - liver biopsy