Effect of alcohol consumption on the progression of hepatitis C virus infection and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in Japanese patients

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 286-295

  Khan, Khaleque Newaz ^a   Yatsuhashi, Hiroshi ^a  

^a Nagasaki Chuo National Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BRAIN DISEASE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING; INFLAMMATION; JAPAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER HISTOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS REPLICATION;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0033932394     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/35.3.286     Document Type: Article

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