Ultrasound-detected abdominal lymphadenopathy in chronic hepatitis C: High frequency and relationship with viremia

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 479-483

  Cassani, Fabio ^a   Valentini, Paolo ^a   Cataleta, Michela ^a   Manotti, Paolo ^a   Francesconi, Raffaella ^a   Giostra, Fabrizio ^a   Ballardini, Giorgio ^a   Lenzi, Marco ^a   Zauli, Daniela ^a   Bianchi, Francesco B ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

abdominal lymph nodes; chronic hepatitis; hepatitis C virus; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; VIREMIA; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 0031054224     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(97)80410-2     Document Type: Article

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