Chronic delta hepatitis: Is the prognosis worse when associated with hepatitis C virus and human immunodeficiency virus infections?

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 66-69

  Buti, Maria ^a   Jardi, Rosendo ^a   Allende, Helena ^a   Cotrina, Montserrat ^a   Rodriguez, Francisco ^a   Viladomiu, Luis ^a   Esteban, Rafael ^a   Guardia, Jaime ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Histology; Virology

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA AGENT HEPATITIS; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEPATITIS C; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; SPAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS D; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIRUS REPLICATION;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0030004437     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199605)49:1<66::AID-JMV11>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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