GBV-C/HGV is not the major cause of autoimmune hepatitis

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 980-984

  Heringlake, Stefan ^b   Tillmann, Hans L ^b   Cordes Temme, Pia ^b   Trautwein, Christian ^b   Hunsmann, Gerhard ^b   Manns, Michael P ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Autoimmune hepatitis; Cryptogenic hepatitis; GB virus C; Hepatitis G virus; Viral hepatitis

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 0030477014     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(96)80306-0     Document Type: Article

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