Is there a correlation between degree of viremia and liver histology in chronic hepatitis C?

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 476-479

  Saleem, N ^a   Mubarik, A ^a   Qureshi, A H ^a   Siddiq, M ^b   Ahmad, M ^a   Afzal, S ^a   Hussain, A B ^c   Hashmi, S N ^a  

^a ARMY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b Military Hospital   (Pakistan)

^c ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; VIREMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PROGNOSIS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VIRAL LOAD; VIREMIA;

EID: 6344263376     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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