Epidemiological, clinical and therapeutic associations of hepatitis C types in western European patients

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 517-524

  Simmonds, Peter ^g   Mellor, Janet ^g   Craxi, Antonio ^a   Sanchez Tapias, Jose Maria ^g   Alberti, Alfredo ^b   Prieto, Jesus ^c   Colombo, Massimo ^d   Rumi, Maria Grazia ^d   Lo Iacano, Oreste ^a   Ampurdanes Mingall, Sergi ^g   Forns Bernhardt, Xavier ^g   Chemello, Liliane ^b   Civeira, Maria Pilar ^c   Frost, Christopher ^e   Dusheiko, Geoffrey M ^f  

^a VILLA SOFIA CERVELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g Roy Free Hosp and Sch of Medicine ^*

Author keywords

Antiviral; Chronic hepatitis; Genotypes; Hepatitis C; Hepatitis C virus; Interferon

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ALPHA2A INTERFERON; ALPHA2B INTERFERON; LYMPHOBLAST INTERFERON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS TYPING;

EID: 0029934213     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(96)80135-8     Document Type: Article

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