Serum hepatitis C virus RNA quantity and histological features of hepatitis C virus carriers with persistently normal ALT levels

Hepatology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 871-875

  Naito, Masafumi ^a   Hayashi, Norio ^a   Hagiwara, Hideki ^a   Hiramatsu, Naoki ^a   Kasahara, Akinori ^a   Fusamoto, Hideyuki ^a   Kamada, Takenobu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RNA ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARRIER STATE; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, VIRAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0028297985     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.1840190411     Document Type: Article

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