SEN virus infection influences the pathological findings in liver but does not affect the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma in patiens with chronic hepatitis C and liver cirrhosis

Liver International

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 226-235

  Moriyama, Mitsuhiko ^a   Mikuni, Morio ^a   Matsumura, Hiroshi ^a   Nakamura, Hitomi ^a   Oshiro, Shyu ^a   Aoki, Hiroshi ^a   Shimizu, Toshihiro ^a   Yamagami, Hiroaki ^a   Shioda, Atsuo ^a   Kaneko, Miki ^a   Tanaka, Naohide ^a   Arakawa, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis C; Hepatitis C virus (HCV); Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); Incidence of HCC; Irregular regeneration of hepatocytes (IR); Liver cirrhosis; SEN virus; SEN V DNA

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER INCIDENCE; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; JAPAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER REGENERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROBABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEN VIRUS; SUPERINFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA VIRUSES; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JAPAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 20144387285     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2005.01076.x     Document Type: Article

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