Aspects of Immune Nonspecific and CD19+ Cell Changes in Alcoholic Liver Disease with or without Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection

Romanian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 267-272

  Moş, Liana ^a,c   Pleşa, Adriana ^b  

^a VASILE GOLDIS WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF ARAD   (Romania)

^b VICTOR BABES UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^c Spitalul Municipal   (Romania)

Author keywords

Alcoholic liver disease; Hepatitis C virus; Humoral immunity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CD19 ANTIGEN; CRYOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOLISM; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMORAL IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD19; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CRYOGLOBULINS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 1642512640     PISSN: 12214167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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