Lack of correlation between hepatitis C virus genotypes and clinical course of hepatitis C virus-related cirrhosis

Hepatology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 211-215

  Benvegnù, Luisa ^a   Pontisso, Patrizia ^a   Cavalletto, Daniela ^a   Noventa, Franco ^a   Chemello, Liliana ^a   Alberti, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0031012253     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.1997.v25.pm0008985292     Document Type: Article

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