Hepatitis C virus and the lung: Implications for therapy

Chest

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2882-2892

  Moorman, Jonathan ^a   Saad, Mustafa ^a   Kosseifi, Semaan ^a   Krishnaswamy, Guha ^a  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Hepatitis; Lung diseases; Review

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; INTERFERON; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; OXITROPIUM BROMIDE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR; SALBUTAMOL;

ASTHMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG RESPONSE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM;

EID: 27144526389     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.4.2882     Document Type: Article

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