Patterns of immune responses to the host-encoded GOR and hepatitis C virus core-derived epitopes with relation to hepatitis C viremia, genotypes, and liver disease severity

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 300-305

  Quiroga, Juan Antonio ^a   Pardo, Margarita ^a   Navas, Sonia ^a   Martin, Julio ^a   Carreño, Vicente ^a  

^a Hepatology Unit   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIREMIA;

EID: 0030034102     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/173.2.300     Document Type: Article

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