Correlations among the serum levels of some interleukins and the histopathological aspects in chronic viral hepatitis C

Romanian Journal of Morphology and Embryology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-62

  Avrǎmescu, Carmen Silvia ^a   Comǎnescu, Violeta ^a   Popescu, S N ^b   Turculeanu, Adriana ^a   Bǎlǎşoiu, Maria ^a   Popescu, Carmen Florina ^a   Lungulescu, Mariana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY OF CRAIOVA   (Romania)

^b CMJ of MIRA Dolj ^*  (Romania)

^c Emergency County Hospital of Craiova   (Romania)

Author keywords

Chronic viral hepatitis C; Cirrhosis; pro and antiinflammatory cytokines

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

AUTACOID; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; INTERLEUKIN DERIVATIVE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PATHOLOGY;

BIOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CYTOKINES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKIN-8; INTERLEUKINS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 51449107671     PISSN: 12200522     EISSN: 20668279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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