Relationship of the genomic complexity of hepatitis C virus with liver disease severity and response to interferon in patients with chronic HCV genotype 1b interferon

Hepatology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 897-903

  López Labrador, Francesc Xavier ^a,b   Ampurdaǹs, Sergi ^a   Giménez Barcons, Mireia ^a   Guilera, Magdalena ^a   Costa, Josep ^a   Jiménez De Anta, María Teresa ^a   Sánchez Tapias, Jose M ^a,c   Rodés, Juan ^a   Sáiz, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA1 INTERFERON;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0033052847     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510290306     Document Type: Article

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