Interleukin-6 in hepatitis C cirrhosis

Panminerva Medica

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 207-210

  Malaguarnera, M ^a,b   Trovato, B A ^a   Laurino, A ^a   Fazio, I D I ^a   Romeo, M A ^a   Motta, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Hepatitis C virus; Interleukin 6; Liver cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030347717     PISSN: 00310808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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