Kinetics of the immune response during HBV and HCV infection

Hepatology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 4-13

  Bertoletti, Antonio ^a,c   Ferrari, Carlo ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HEPATITIS C VACCINE;

ADAPTATION; DENDRITIC CELL; DISEASE CONTROL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0038461904     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.2003.50310     Document Type: Review

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