Pruritus as a presenting symptom of chronic hepatitis C

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2177-2183

  Chia, Siew Cheng ^b   Bergasa, Nora V ^b   Kleiner, David E ^b   Goodman, Zachary ^b   Hoofnagle, Jay H ^a   Di Bisceglie, Adrian M ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bile acids; Cholestasis; Cirrhosis; Hepatitis C virus; Itching; Primary biliary cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

LIVER ENZYME;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; CHOLESTASIS; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CHOLESTASIS; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOCHOLIC ACID; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRURITUS;

EID: 0031767889     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026646017851     Document Type: Article

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