Clinical significance of hepatitis GB virus C infection in alcoholic liver disease

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1722-1725

  Tsutsumi, Mikihiro ^a   Sawada, Makoto ^a  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcoholic Liver Disease; Hepatitis GB Virus C

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; VIRUS RNA;

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

GB VIRUS C/HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NON-A, NON-B HEPATITIS VIRUS;

EID: 0031445957     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1997.tb04514.x     Document Type: Article

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