Steatosis and bile duct damage in chronic hepatitis C: Distribution and relationships in a group of Northern Italian patients

Liver

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 432-437

  Giannini, Edoardo ^b   Ceppa, Paola ^b   Botta, Federica ^b   Fasoli, Alberto ^b   Romagnoli, Paola ^b   Cresta, Elena ^b   Venturino, Valentina ^b   Risso, Domenico ^b   Celle, Guido ^b   Testa, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bile duct damage; Hepatitis C; Histology; Steatosis; Viral genotypes

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILE DUCT INJURY; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS C; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ITALY; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BILE DUCT DISEASES; BILE DUCTS; BILIRUBIN; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032873596     PISSN: 01069543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.1999.tb00074.x     Document Type: Article

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