Expression of IFN-γ and its receptor alpha in the peripheral blood of patients with chronic hepatitis C

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 79-82

  Zhang, Ping ^a   Chen, Zhi ^a   Chen, Feng ^a   Li, Min Wei ^a   Fan, Jun ^a   Zhou, Hui Ming ^a   Liu, Ji Hong ^a   Huang, Zhu ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C; Interferon gamma; Interferon gamma receptor ; Lymphocyte

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 10;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE MEMBRANE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANDOMIZATION; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, INTERFERON;

EID: 1242351838     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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