Hepatitis C virus genotype 3 predominates in north and central India and is associated with significant histopathologic liver disease

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 452-458

  Hissar, Syed S ^a   Goyal, Ankur ^a   Kumar, Manoj ^a   Pandey, Chandana ^a   Suneetha, P V ^a   Sood, Ajit ^b   Midha, Vandana ^b   Sakhuja, Puja ^a   Malhotra, Veena ^a   Sarin, Shiv K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b DAYANAND MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^c G B PANT HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis C; Fibrosis; Genotypes; Hepatic steatosis; Hepatitis C virus; Histological activity index

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INDIA; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 33644761205     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20561     Document Type: Article

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