Activation of the tumor necrosis factor-α system in the liver in chronic hepatitis B virus infection

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 748-753

  Fang, Jane W S ^b   Shen, William W ^b   Meager, Anthony ^b   Lau, Johnson Y N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS, CHRONIC; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LIVER; MALE; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0029997619     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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