Pathogenesis of chronic hepatitis C: Immunological features of hepatic injury and viral persistence

Hepatology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 595-601

  Cerny, Andreas ^a   Chisari, Francis V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIBODY; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CD81 ANTIGEN; CORE PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; EPITOPE; HLA ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; NUCLEOTIDE; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; HELPER CELL; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIVER INJURY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; LIVER; MUTATION; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC;

EID: 0032841846     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510300312     Document Type: Review

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