Influence of TT virus on the histopathological features of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Hepatology Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 197-211

  Tokita, Hajime ^a   Murai, Seiyou ^a   Kamitsukasa, Hiroshi ^a   Yagura, Michiyasu ^a   Harada, Hideharu ^a   Hebisawa, Akira ^a   Takahashi, Masaharu ^b   Okamoto, Hiroaki ^b  

^a National Tokyo Hospital   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fatty liver; Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH); TT virus (TTV)

Indexed keywords

FAT; PRIMER DNA; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL VACUOLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER NECROSIS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; UNTRANSLATED REGION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0035087674     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6346(00)00124-8     Document Type: Article

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