Cohort effect of HCV infection in liver cirrhosis assessed by a 25 year study

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-56

  Stanta, Giorgio ^a   Crocè, Lory S ^b   Bonin, Serena ^c   Tisminetzky, Sergio G ^c   Baralle, Francisco E ^c   Tiribelli, Claudio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b Centro Studi Fegato   (Italy)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cohort effect; Hepatitis C virus; Liver cirrhosis; Natural history; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFECTION RISK; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0034061556     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6532(00)00072-X     Document Type: Article

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