Distribution of hepatitis C virus genotypes in German patients with chronic hepatitis C: Correlation with clinical and virological parameters

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 484-491

  Berg, Thomas ^d   Hopf, Uwe ^d   Stark, Klaus ^a   Baumgarten, Renate ^b   Lobeck, Hartmut ^d   Schreier, Eckart ^c  

^a Institute of Tropical Medicine   (Germany)

^b County Hospital Penzlauer Berg ^*  (Germany)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d NONE

Author keywords

HCV genotypes; hepatitis C; intravenous drug addicts; Knodell score; quantitative HCV RNA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HEPATITIS C; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIREMIA; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 0031047811     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(97)80411-4     Document Type: Article

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