Spontaneous elimination of serum HCV-RNA after total gastrectomy for early gastric cancer in a patient with chronic hepatitis C [5]

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 922-923

  Yoshikawa, Masahide ^a   Morimoto, Yukari ^a   Shiroi, Akira ^a   Yoshiji, Hitoshi ^a   Kuriyama, Shigeki ^a   Fukui, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; VIRUS DNA; XIAO CHAI HU TANG;

ADULT; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; GASTRECTOMY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STOMACH CANCER; SURGICAL STRESS;

EID: 0035072355     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(00)02443-6     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

1. Typing hepatitis C virus by polymerase chain reaction with type-specific primers: Application to clinical surveys and tracing infectious sources
2. Spontaneous remission of chronic hepatitis C in children
3. Surgical stress induces a shift in the type-1/type-2 T-helper cell balance, suggesting down-regulation of cell-mediated and up-regulation of antibody-mediated immunity commensurate to the trauma
4. High titers of antibodies inhibiting the binding of envelope to human cells correlate with natural resolution of chronic hepatitis C