Serum hyaluronic acid is a useful marker of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C virus infection

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 187-192

  Wong, V S ^a   Hughes, V ^a   Trull, A ^a   Wight, D G D ^a   Petrik, J ^a   Alexander, G J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibrosis; Hepatitis C; Hyaluronic acid

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIC ACID; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FIBROGENESIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031876788     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2893.1998.00100.x     Document Type: Article

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