Influence of ethnicity in the outcome of hepatitis C virus infection and cellular immune response

Hepatology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 590-599

  Sugimoto, Kazushi ^a,c   Stadanlick, Jason ^a,c   Ikeda, Fusao ^a,c   Brensinger, Colleen ^a   Furth, Emma E ^b   Alter, Harvey J ^d   Chang, Kyong Mi ^a,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; HEPATITIS C ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH1 CELL;

EID: 0037369659     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.2003.50103     Document Type: Article

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