Hepatitis C: A disease with a wide morphological spectrum?

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 121-125

  Arista Nasr, Julián ^a   Pichardo Bahena, Raúl ^a   Castañeda, Beatriz ^a   Lisker, Mauricio ^a   Keirns, Candace ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bile duct damage; Chronic hepatitis; Cirrhosis; Hepatitis; Hepatitis C; Hepatitis C virus

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC ACTIVE HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FATTY LIVER; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MEXICO; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BILE DUCTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030034898     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199603000-00010     Document Type: Article

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