Quantitative analysis of anti-hepatitis C virus antibody-secreting B cells in patients with chronic hepatitis C

Hepatology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 91-99

  Umemura, Takeji ^a,b   Wang, Richard Y H ^a   Schechterly, Cathy ^a   Shih, J Wai Kuo ^a   Kiyosawa, Kendo ^b   Alter, Harvey J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 3; VIRUS PROTEIN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; B-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE;

EID: 33644804917     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.20917     Document Type: Article

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