Intrahepatic hepatitis C RNA levels do not correlate with degree of liver injury in patients with chronic hepatitis C

Hepatology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 676-687

  McGuinness, Peter H ^a   Bishop, G Alex ^a   Painter, Dorothy M ^a   Chan, Raymond ^b   McCaughan, Geoffrey W ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PERSISTENT INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS;

EID: 0029878608     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.1996.v23.pm0008666317     Document Type: Article

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