Does schistosomiasis interfere with application of the Knodell score for assessment of chronic hepatitis C?

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2002, Pages

  Shiha, Gamal ^a   Zalata, Khaled R ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

HCV; Liver biopsy; Necroinflammatoryinjury; Schistosoma mansoni

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

EID: 0036121035     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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