Long-Term Course of Chronic Hepatitis C in Children: From Viral Clearance to End-Stage Liver Disease

Gastroenterology

Volumn 134, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1900-1907

  Bortolotti, Flavia ^a   Verucchi, Gabriella ^b   Cammà, Calogero ^c   Cabibbo, Giuseppe ^c   Zancan, Lucia ^a   Indolfi, Giuseppe ^d   Giacchino, Raffaella ^e   Marcellini, Matilde ^f   Marazzi, Maria Grazia ^e   Barbera, Cristiana ^g   Maggiore, Giuseppe ^h   Vajro, Pietro ⁱ   Bartolacci, Samuela ^a   Balli, Fiorella ^j   Maccabruni, Anna ^k   Guido, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^e G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^f BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^k FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLEARANCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIREMIA; VIROLOGY; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TYPING;

EID: 44649136862     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2008.02.082     Document Type: Article

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