Composition of inflammatory infiltrate and its correlation with HBV/HCV antigen expression

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 25, 2008, Pages 4040-4046

  Walewska Zielecka, Bozena ^a   Madalinski, Kazimierz ^a   Jablonska, Joanna ^b   Godzik, Paulina ^a   Cielecka Kuszyk, Joanna ^a   Litwinska, Bogumila ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chronic B and C hepatitis; Inflammatory infiltrate; Lymphadenoplasia; Lymphoid follicle

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS C ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HELPER CELL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PHENOTYPE; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS IMMUNITY; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; CHILD; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LIVER; LYMPHOCYTE; MIDDLE AGED; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CHILD; HEPATITIS B ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LIVER; LYMPHOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 53449102641     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.4040     Document Type: Article

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