Natural history of chronic hepatitis C virus infection

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 39, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Ascione, Antonio ^a   Tartaglione, Teresa ^a   Giuseppe Di Costanzo, Giovan ^a  

^a Azienda Ospedaliero di Rilievo Nazionale A Cardarelli   (Italy)

Author keywords

HCV; Hepatitis C; Natural history

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; IRON; VIRUS RNA;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATTY LIVER; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FIBROSIS; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTTRANSFUSION HEPATITIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS;

EID: 35148826147     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1590-8658(07)80003-X     Document Type: Article

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