Lymphoproliferative responses to hepatitis C virus core, E1, E2, and NS3 in patients with chronic hepatitis C infection treated with interferon alfa

Hepatology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 8-16

  Leroux Roels, Geert ^a,c   Esquivel, Cosme Alvarado ^a   Deleys, Robert ^a   Stuyver, Lieven ^a   Elewaut, André ^b   Philippé, Jan ^a   Desombere, Isabelle ^a   Paradus, Joseph ^a   Maertens, Geert ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b INNOGENETICS   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS CORE; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0030033762     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.1996.v23.pm0008550052     Document Type: Article

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