The natural history of chronic hepatitis C infection

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 324-328

  Strader, Doris B ^a,b   Seeff, Leonard B ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis C; Cirrhosis; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Natural history

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SHORT SURVEY; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 0029894579     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-199604000-00006     Document Type: Short Survey

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