Clinical implications of GBV-C/HGV infection in patients with 'HCV- related' chronic hepatitis

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1165-1172

  Francesconi, Raffaella ^b   Giostra, Fabrizio ^b   Ballardini, Giorgio ^b   Manzin, Aldo ^b   Solforosi, Laura ^b   Lari, Federico ^b   Descovich, Carlo ^b   Ghetti, Sabrina ^b   Grassi, Alberto ^b   Bianchi, Gianpaolo ^a   Zauli, Daniela ^b   Clementi, Massimo ^b   Bianchi, Francesco B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Flavivirus; HCV; Hepatitis virus

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AUTOANTIBODY; HEPATITIS C ANTIGEN; LYMPHOBLAST INTERFERON; RECOMBINANT ALPHA INTERFERON; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS NON A NON B; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERINFECTION;

EID: 17144457907     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(97)80448-5     Document Type: Article

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