13C-aminopyrine breath test to evaluate severity of disease in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 717-725

  Giannini, E ^a   Fasoli, A ^a   Chiarbonello, B ^a   Malfatti, F ^a   Romagnoli, P ^a   Botta, F ^a   Testa, E ^a   Polegato, S ^a   Fumagalli, A ^a   Testa, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Gastroenterology Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHENAZONE; CARBON 13; CARBON; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

AMINOPYRINE; BREATH TESTS; CARBON ISOTOPES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0036005718     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2036.2002.01200.x     Document Type: Article

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