Detection of TTV DNA in serum of patients with chronic liver disease and interferon efficacy

Hepatology Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 97-104

  Cheng, Jidong ^a,b   Hada, Toshikazu ^a   Fukui, Kohya ^a   Ohno, Masao ^a   Hara, Naoki ^a   Ohkawa, Toshihisa ^a   Yokoyama, Yuji ^a   Imanishi, Hiroyasu ^a   Iijima, Hiroko ^a   Shimomura, Soji ^a   Yamamoto, Tetsuo ^a   Amuro, Yoshiki ^a   Higashino, Kazuya ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Interferon therapy; Liver disease; TTV

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON; VIRUS DNA;

ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS NON A NON B; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 0032932769     PISSN: 09284346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1386-6346(98)00109-0     Document Type: Article

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