The long-term pathological evolution of chronic hepatitis C

Hepatology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1334-1340

  Yano, Michitami ^a   Kumada, Hiromitsu ^b   Kage, Masayoshi ^c   Ikeda, Kenji ^b   Shimamatsu, Kazuhide ^c   Inoue, Osami ^a   Hashimoto, Etsuko ^d   Lefkowitch, Jay H ^e   Ludwig, Jurgen ^f   Okuda, Kunio ^g  

^a Nagasaki Chuo National Hospital   (Japan)

^b TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^f MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^g CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER NECROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 15844431546     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.1996.v23.pm0008675148     Document Type: Article

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