Effects of corticosteroids on HCV infection

International Journal of Immunopharmacology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 253-261

  Magy, N ^a   Cribier, B ^a   Schmitt, C ^a   Ellero, B ^b   Jaeck, D ^b   Boudjema, K ^b   Wolf, P ^b   Labouret, N ^a   Doffoel, M ^c   Kirn, A ^a   Stoll Keller, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b HÔPITAL DE HAUTEPIERRE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Hepatitis C virus; Liver transplant; Peripheral blood mononuclear cells

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; PREDNISONE; PREDNISONE ACETATE; TACROLIMUS; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; VIREMIA; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0033048585     PISSN: 01920561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0192-0561(99)00005-3     Document Type: Article

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