The levels of IL-1β, IL-4 and IL-6 in the serum and the liver tissue of chronic HCV-infected patients

Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 311-316

  ŁApiński, Tadeusz Wojciech ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cytokines; HCV infection; Histology changes

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMAN; INTERLEUKIN-1; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-6; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0035232591     PISSN: 0004069X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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