Relationship between the intrahepatic expression of interferon-α receptor mRNA and the histological progress of hepatitis C virus-associated chronic liver diseases

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 712-717

  Ishimura, Norihisa ^a   Fukuda, Ryo ^a   Fukumoto, Shiro ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis C; Interferon receptor; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BETA INTERFERON; INTERFERON; INTERFERON RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 0029957715     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.1996.tb00319.x     Document Type: Article

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