Cytotoxic T lymphocyte response and viral load in hepatitis C virus infection

Hepatology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 705-712

  Hiroishi, Kazumasa ^a,e   Kita, Hiroto ^c   Kojima, Maki ^b,d,f   Okamoto, Hiroaki ^b   Moriyama, Takashi ^a   Kaneko, Takashi ^a   Ishikawa, Takashi ^c   Ohnishi, Shin ^c   Aikawa, Tatsuya ^d   Tanaka, Naomi ^f   Yazaki, Yoshio ^c   Mitamura, Keiji ^e   Imawari, Michio ^a,b  

^a Hepatology Division   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d Aikawa Hospital   (Japan)

^e SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; EPITOPES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, VIRAL; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC;

EID: 0031057878     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510250336     Document Type: Article

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