Disease stage of chronic hepatitis C assessed by both peritoneoscopic and histologic findings and its relationship with response to interferon therapy

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 168-175

  Ohkawa, K ^a   Hayashi, N ^a   Yuki, N ^a   Kasahara, A ^a   Oshita, M ^a   Mochizuki, K ^a   Katayama, K ^a   Fusamoto, H ^a   Kato, M ^a   Masuzawa, M ^a   Yoshihara, H ^a   Mukuda, T ^a   Kamada, T ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; RECOMBINANT ALPHA2A INTERFERON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031026726     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(97)70242-6     Document Type: Article

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