Pathogenesis of chronic hepatitis C and associated clinical manifestations

Bailliere's Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 257-274

  Booth, Jonathan C L ^a   Thomas, Howard C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CD8 ANTIGEN; CRYOGLOBULIN; ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOLYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; LIVER CELL; LYMPHOID CELL; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0029760341     PISSN: 09503528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-3528(96)90006-8     Document Type: Article

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