Hypervariable region sequence in cryoglobulin-associated hepatitis C virus in sera of patients with chronic hepatitis C: Relationship to antibody response against hypervariable region genome

Hepatology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1346-1350

  Aiyama, Toshiyuki ^a   Yoshioka, Kentaro ^a   Okumura, Akihiko ^a   Takayanagi, Masahiro ^a   Iwata, Kazuo ^a   Ishikawa, Tetsuya ^a   Kakumu, Shinichi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOGLOBULIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; CRYOPRECIPITATE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029860266     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.1996.v24.pm0008938159     Document Type: Article

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