Differential distribution of hepatitis C virus genotypes in patients with and without liver function abnormalities

Hepatology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 285-290

  Silini, Enrico ^a   Bono, Fulvia ^a   Cividini, Agostino ^a   Cerino, Antonella ^a   Bruno, Savino ^b   Rossi, Sonia ^b   Belloni, Giovanni ^a   Brugnetti, Bruno ^c   Civardi, Emilio ^c   Salvaneschi, Laura ^a   Mondelli, Mario U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b SAN PAOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Laboratory Medicine   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; VIREMIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VIREMIA;

EID: 0028937538     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0270-9139(95)90082-9     Document Type: Article

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