Hepatitis C virus serotypes and liver pathology

Liver

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 353-357

  Guido, Maria ^a   Rugge, Massimo ^a   Thung, Swan N ^b   Chemello, Liliana ^a   Leandro, Gioacchino ^c   Alberti, Alfredo ^a   Cecchetto, Attilio ^a   Pontisso, Patrizia ^a   Cavalletto, Luisa ^a   Ninfo, Vito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Ente Ospedaliero S G 'S B' Castellana Grotte   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis C; HCV serotype

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEROTYPE;

EID: 12644295025     PISSN: 01069543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0676.1996.tb00761.x     Document Type: Article

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