Clinical evaluation of chronic liver diseases induced by different hepatitis C virus genotype in Japan, focused on the difference between genotypes III/2a and IV/2b

Hepatology Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 204-211

  Hino, Keisuke ^a,b   Okuda, Michiari ^a,c   Korenaga, Masaaki ^a   Murakami, Chisa ^a   Okazaki, Muneko ^a   Fujii, Kaori ^a   Okita, Kiwamu ^a   Tsuda, Fumio ^d   Okamoto, Hiroaki ^e   Mayumi, Makoto ^e  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Saiseikai Shimonoseki General Hospital   (Japan)

^c Shimonoseki City Central Hospital   (Japan)

^d Shinagawa ku   (Japan)

^e JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis; Genotypes; Hepatitis C; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SUPERINFECTION; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 0032909792     PISSN: 09284346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1386-6346(99)00002-9     Document Type: Article

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