HCV persistence: Cure is still a four letter word

Hepatology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-25

  Feld, Jordan J ^a   Liang, T Jake ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; PEGINTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS RNA;

DENDRITIC CELL; DRUG RESPONSE; EDITORIAL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIREMIA; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS LOAD;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; RNA, VIRAL; TIME FACTORS; VIREMIA;

EID: 11244340636     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.20561     Document Type: Editorial

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