Significance of repeatedly normal aminotransferase activities in HCV- infected patients

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-75

  Zylberberg, Hervé ^b   Pol, Stanislas ^a   Thiers, Valérie ^c   Chaix, Marie Laure ^b   Lagorce, David ^c   Bréchot, Christian ^c   Nalpas, Bertrand ^c   Berthelot, Pierre ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Liver histology; Normal aminotransferase activities

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER HISTOLOGY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIREMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSAMINASES;

EID: 0033058697     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199907000-00018     Document Type: Article

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