Class I HLA antigens hepatic display and beta-2-microglobulin serum values in chronic hepatitis C: Effect of treatment with recombinant alpha interferon

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 44, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 1295-1301

  Freni, Maria Antonietta ^a,b   Ajello, Antonino ^a   Spadaro, Aldo ^a   Fava, Angelica ^a   Calapristi, Irene ^a   Marafioti, Teresa ^a   Alessi, Nunziata ^a   Resta, Maria Letizia ^a   Ferraù, Oscar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beta 2 microglobulin; Chronic hepatitis C; HLA display; Interferon

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; RECOMBINANT ALPHA INTERFERON; RECOMBINANT ALPHA2A INTERFERON;

ADULT; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; BLOOD LEVEL; CELL MEMBRANE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOLYSIS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER CELL; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER SINUSOID; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; INTERFERON ALFA-2A; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030868211     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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