Severity of progression of liver disease in chronic hepatitis C: Role of smoking [3]

Indian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 167-168

  Daryani, Naser Ebrahimi ^a   Hashtroudi, Ali Asad ^a,c   Sayah, Alireza ^a   Pursamimi, Parisa ^b   Bashashati, Mohammad ^a   Shakiba, Madjid ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Infectious Disease Department   (Iran)

^c NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

BODY MASS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING;

EID: 33748317872     PISSN: 02548860     EISSN: 02548860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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