Enlargement of perihepatic lymph nodes in relation to liver histology and viremia in patients with chronic hepatitis C

Hepatology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 467-472

  Dietrich, Christoph Frank ^a   Lee, Jung Hun ^a   Herrmann, Günter ^a   Teuber, Gerlinde ^a   Roth, W Kurt ^b   Caspary, Wolfgang F ^a   Zeuzem, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR TUMOR BIOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIREMIA; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VIREMIA;

EID: 0030816750     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510260230     Document Type: Article

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