Chronic liver disease related to hepatitis C virus: Age of patients seems to be a determinant of severity independently of viral genotype

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 553-558

  Giannini, Edoardo ^a   Botta, Federica ^a   Caglieris, Sergio ^a   Fasoli, Alberto ^a   Risso, Domenico ^b   Ceppa, Paola ^b   Cresta, Elena ^b   Venturino, Valentina ^b   Icardi, Giancarlo ^b   Lantieri, Pasquale B ^b   Celle, Guido ^a   Testa, Roberto ^a,c  

^a Department of Internal Medicine   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c Dept of Int Medicine (DIMI)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Hepatitis; Hepatocellular carcinoma; MEGX test

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STAGING; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0033041608     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-199905000-00015     Document Type: Article

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