Association between hepatitis C virus core protein and carotid atherosclerosis

Circulation Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 26-30

  Ishizaka, Yuko ^a   Ishizaka, Nobukazu ^b   Takahashi, Eiko ^a   Unuma, Tadao ^a   Tooda, Ei Ichi ^a   Hashimoto, Hideki ^c   Nagai, Ryozo ^b   Yamakado, Minoru ^a  

^a MITSUI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Inflammation; Plaque; Population study

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMINOTRANSFERASE; CORE PROTEIN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS C VIRUS CORE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK; VIREMIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS;

EID: 12244261582     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.67.26     Document Type: Article

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