Impact of hepatitis C virus infection on schistosomal liver disease

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 1492-1496

  Mohamed, Abdelrahman ^a   Elsheikh, Abdalla ^a   Ghandour, Zuhal ^a   Karawi, Mohamed A I ^a  

^a The General Directorate of Armed Forces Health Services   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC ACTIVE HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES, PARASITIC; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

EID: 0031792305     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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