Hepatic histology in hepatitis C virus carriers coinfected with hepatitis G virus

Gut

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 103-106

  Petrik, J ^a,c   Guella, L ^a   Wight, D G D ^b   Pearson, G M ^a   Hinton, J ^a   Parker, H ^a   Allain, J P ^a   Alexander, G J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Hepatitis G virus; Histology; RNA

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER HISTOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 0031970853     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.42.1.103     Document Type: Article

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