The clinical significance of changes in genetic heterogeneity of the hypervariable region 1 in chronic hepatitis C with interferon therapy

Hepatology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1018-1023

  Shindo, Michiko ^a   Hamada, Kazushige ^b   Koya, Susumu ^b   Arai, Ken ^a   Sokawa, Yoshihiro ^b   Okuno, Tadao ^a  

^a Akashi Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA INTERFERON; AMINO ACID; AMINOTRANSFERASE; DNA; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; NUCLEOTIDE; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONING; DNA PROBE; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0029908439     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.1996.v24.pm0008903369     Document Type: Article

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