Hepatitis C Virus infection in patients with clinically diagnosed alcoholic liver diseases

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 143-148

  Sata, M ^a,b   Fukuizumi, K ^a   Uchimura, Y ^a   Nakano, H ^a   Ishii, K ^a   Kumashiro, R ^a   Mizokami, M ^b   Lau, J Y N ^c   Tanikawa, K ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholic liver disease; HCV; HCV RNA

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHRONIC DISEASE; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS, ALCOHOLIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, VIRAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0030133793     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.1996.tb00005.x     Document Type: Article

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