Treatment of patients with hepatitis C and normal serum aminotransferase levels

Hepatology

Volumn 36, Issue 5 I, 2002, Pages s179-s184

  Bacon, Bruce R ^a  

^a Saint Louis University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; INTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0036828843     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.2002.36386     Document Type: Conference Paper

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