Production of cytokines in patients infected by hepatitis C virus

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 89-91

  Cribier, Bernard ^a   Schmitt, Carine ^a   Rey, David ^b   Lang, Jean Marie ^b   Kirn, André ^a   Stoll Keller, Françoise ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b HÔPITAL CIVIL   (France)

Author keywords

Cytokines; HCV; HIV; Th1; Th2

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; LYMPHOTOXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0031899179     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199806)55:2<89::AID-JMV1>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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