Human immunodeficiency virus and subtype 1B hepatitis C virus: More similarities than differences in T-helper subsets [4]

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1310-1312

  Perrella, Alessandro ^a   Borgia, Guglielmo ^a   Guida, Gabriella M ^a   Graf, Marina ^a   Gnarini, Rosaria M ^a   Viola, Chiara ^a   Atripaldi, Luigi ^b   Sbreglia, Costanza ^b   Perrella, Oreste ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b AO Dei Colli Hospital for Infectious Diseases D Cotugno   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

DISEASE COURSE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENOTYPE; HELPER CELL; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

EID: 27744602171     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2005.03851.x     Document Type: Letter

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