Histological damage in chronic hepatitis C is not related to the extent of infection in the liver

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1877-1881

  Rodríguez Iñigo, Elena ^a   Bartolomé, Javier ^a   De Lucas, Susana ^a   Manzarbeitia, Felix ^a   Pardo, Margarita ^a   Arocena, Carlos ^a   Gosálvez, Jaime ^a   Oliva, Horacio ^a   Carreño, Vicente ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIVER BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIREMIA;

EID: 0033052413     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)65445-4     Document Type: Article

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