Interaction of alcohol and hepatitis C virus infection on severity of liver disease

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1236-1242

  Nevins, Christopher L ^a   Malaty, Hoda ^a   Velez, Maria E ^a   Anand, Bhupinderjit S ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Drug abuse; Hepatitis C

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TEMPERANCE;

EID: 0033064839     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026605130185     Document Type: Article

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