Immunosuppression may lead to progression of hepatitis C virus-associated liver disease in hemophiliacs coinfected with HIV

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2563-2568

  Rockstroh, J K ^a   Spengler, U ^a   Sudhop, T ^a   Ewig, S ^a   Theisen, A ^a   Hammerstein, U ^a   Bierhoff, E ^a   Fischer, H P ^a   Oldenburg, J ^a   Brackmann, H H ^a   Sauerbruch, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CHOLINESTERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMOPHILIA; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HEMOPHILIA A; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029854025     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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