Hepatitis c virus genome complexity correlates with response to interferon therapy: A study in french patients with chronic hepatitis c

Hepatology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1250-1254

  Le Guen, Bernard ^a   Squadrito, Giovanni ^a,b   Nalpas, Bertrand ^a   Berthelot, Pierre ^a   Pol, Stanislas ^a   Brechot, Christian ^a,c  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT ALPHA INTERFERON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030911115     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510250531     Document Type: Article

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