Which patients with hepatitis C develop liver complications?

Hepatology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 513-520

  Khan, Mahbub H ^a   Farrell, Geoffrey C ^a,c   Byth, Karen ^b   Lin, Rita ^a   Weltman, Martin ^a   George, Jacob ^a   Samarasinghe, Dev ^a   Kench, James ^b   Kaba, Songal ^b   Crewe, Evelyn ^b   Liddle, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ICPMR   (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; BILIRUBIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 17544367989     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510310236     Document Type: Article

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