Chronic hepatitis C: The vital load per liver cell before treatment as a new marker to predict long-term response to IFN-α therapy

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 917-921

  Schlaak, Jörg F ^a   Trippler, Martin ^a   Ernst, Isabel ^a   Meyer Zum Büschenfelde, Karl Hermann ^a   Gerken, Guido ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

C virus; Hepatitis; Prediction of response

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA INTERFERON; BETA GLOBIN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LIVER ENZYME; RECOMBINANT ALPHA2B INTERFERON; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEROTYPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030668045     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(97)80331-5     Document Type: Article

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