The relationship of histology to genotype in chronic HCV infection

Liver

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 144-151

  Booth, Jonathan C L ^a   Foster, Graham R ^a   Levine, Tanya ^a   Thomas, Howard C ^a   Goldin, Robert D ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genotype; Hepatitis C virus; Knodell; Modified histology activity index; Scheuer scoring system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER NECROSIS; MALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030855655     PISSN: 01069543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0676.1997.tb00797.x     Document Type: Article

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