Animal models for immune defects caused by hepatitis C virus

Molecular Medicine Today

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 176-177

  Joo, Myungsoo ^a   Hahn, Young S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CHIMPANZEE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; FATTY LIVER; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; MUS MUSCULUS; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0034177003     PISSN: 13574310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1357-4310(00)01678-6     Document Type: Review

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