Perihepatic lymphadenopathy: A marker of response to interferon alpha in chronic hepatitis C

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 1062-1068

  Wedemeyer, Heiner ^a   Ockenga, Johann ^a   Frank, Hannah ^a   Tillmann, Hans Ludger ^a   Schuler, Andreas ^a   Caselitz, Martin ^a   Gebel, Michael ^a   Trautwein, Christian ^a   Manns, Michael Peter ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C; Interferon alpha; Perihepatic lymphadenopathy; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031664261     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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