Clinical course and risk factors of hepatitis C virus related liver disease in the general population: Report from the Dionysos study

Gut

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 874-880

  Bellentani, S ^a,c   Pozzato, G ^a   Saccoccio, G ^a   Crovatto, M ^b   Croce L S ^a   Mazzoran, L ^a   Masutti, F ^a   Cristianini, G ^a   Tiribelli, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b Pordenone General Hospital   (Italy)

^c Fondo Studi Fegato   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Dionysos; Hepatitis C virus genotypes; Liver disease

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BITE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; ITALY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUPERINFECTION; VIRUS TYPING;

EID: 0033022946     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.44.6.874     Document Type: Article

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