Long-term outcome of chronic hepatitis C infection in a lowprevalence area

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 650-655

  Verbaan, H ^b   Hoffmann, G ^b   Lindgren, S ^b   Nilsson, S ^b   Widell, A ^b   Eriksson, S ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Hepatitis C infection; Hepatocellular cancer

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CAUSE OF DEATH; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031836136     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365529850171945     Document Type: Article

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