Liver biopsy in hepatitis C

Journal of Hepatology, Supplement

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-46

  Dienes, Hans Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis; Histopathology; Viral hepatitis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; VIRUS RNA;

CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; VIRUS CARRIER;

BIOPSY; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; RNA;

EID: 0033456195     PISSN: 01695185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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