A non-invasive fibrosis score predicts treatment outcome in chronic hepatitis C virus infection

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-80

  Westin, Johan ^a,h   Ydreborg, Magdalena ^a   Islam, Sara ^a   Alsiö, Åsa ^a   Dhillon, Amar P ^b   Pawlotsky, Jean Michel ^c   Zeuzem, Stefan ^d   Schalm, Solko W ^e   Ferrari, Carlo ^f   Neumann, Avidan U ^g   Hellstrand, Kristoffer ^a   Lagging, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^g BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^h SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antiviral agents; Hepatitis C; Histopathology; Liver disease; Liver fibrosis; Needle biopsy

Indexed keywords

PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2A; RIBAVIRIN;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS TYPING;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON ALFA-2A; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBAVIRIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37549063038     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520701514461     Document Type: Article

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