Serum laminin and type III procollagen in chronic hepatitis C. Diagnostic value in the assessment of disease activity and fibrosis

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 265, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-31

  Gabrielli, Giovanni Battista ^a   Capra, Franco ^a   Casaril, Massimo ^a   Squarzoni, Stefano ^a   Tognella, Patrizia ^a   Dagradi, Roberta ^a   De Maria, Elena ^a   Colombari, Romano ^b   Corrocher, Roberto ^a   De Sandre, Giorgio ^a  

^a OSPEDALE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis; Diagnostic value; Histological correlations; Serum laminin; Serum type III procollagen

Indexed keywords

LAMININ; MARKER; PROCOLLAGEN TYPE 3 AMINOPROPEPTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER HISTOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STATISTICS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0030865384     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(97)00103-4     Document Type: Article

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