Perihepatic lymph nodes and antiviral response in chronic HCV-associated hepatitis

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 711-717

  Soresi, Maurizio ^a   Bonfissuto, Giulio ^b   Sesti, Roberta ^a   Riili, Anna ^a   Di Giovanni, Gaetana ^c   Carroccio, Antonio ^a   Tripi, Silvio ^b   Montalto, Giuseppe ^a,d  

^a Divisione di Medicina Interna   (Italy)

^b Divisione di Medicina d'Urgenza   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d Cattedra di Medicina Interna   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis C; Lymphadenopathy; Predictive factors; Treatment; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; ENZYMES; HISTOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRASONICS;

ANTIVIRAL TREATMENT; PLUS RIBAVIRIN THERAPY;

VIRUSES;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; RIBAVIRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG RESPONSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIGAMENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT; PERIHEPATIC LYMPH NODE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBAVIRIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3042610456     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2004.04.004     Document Type: Article

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