Role of viral and host factors in the pathogenesis of Hepatitis C virus infection and in the response to interferon treatment

Periodicum Biologorum

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 515-519

  Pár, Alajos ^a   Paál, Mária ^b   Horányi, Margit ^c   Pár, Gabriella ^a   Szekeres Bartho, Julia ^a   Hegedüs, Géza ^d   Gasztonyi, Beáta ^a   Mózsik, Gyula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b Blood Transfusion Centre   (Hungary)

^c National Institute of Haematology and Immunology Budapest   (Hungary)

^d Baranya County Hospital   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AUTOANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HLA DR3 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INTERFERON; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; SYMPTOM; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION;

EQUIDAE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0032421812     PISSN: 00315362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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