The international autoimmune hepatitis score in chronic hepatitis C

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-128

  Dickson, R C ^a   Gaffey, M J ^a   Ishitani, M B ^a   Roarty, T P ^a   Driscoll, C J ^a   Caldwell, S H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune hepatitis; Hepatitis C

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031086206     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.1997.tb00214.x     Document Type: Article

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