The relationship of histologic activity to serum ALT, HCV genotype and HCV RNA titers in chronic hepatitis C

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 585-591

  Lee, Young Sok ^a,b   Yoon, Seung Kew ^a,b,c   Chung, Eun Sun ^a   Bae, Si Hyun ^a,b   Choi, Jong Young ^a,b   Han, Joon Yeol ^a,b   Chung, Kyu Won ^a,b   Sun, Hee Sik ^a,b   Kim, Boo Sung ^a,b   Kim, Byung Ki ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Viral Hepatitis in Korea   (South Korea)

^c The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alanine Transaminase; Genotype; Hepatitis C, Chronic; Histology; Reverse Transcriptiase Polymerase Chain Reaction

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0035486904     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2001.16.5.585     Document Type: Article

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