B-cell clonality in the liver of hepatitis C virus-infected patients

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1636-1640

  Fan, He Bin ^a   Zhu, You Fu ^b   Chen, An Shen ^a   Zhou, Mu Xiu ^a   Yan, Fu Ming ^a   Ma, Xiao Ju ^a   Zhou, Hao ^a  

^a The People's Liberation Army 161 Hospital   (China)

^b SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

B lymphocytes; Clonality; Gene rearrangement; Hepatitis; Hepatitis C virus; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CELL EXPANSION; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; AGED; B LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOLOGY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; LIVER; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; B-LYMPHOCYTES; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 64549133332     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.1636     Document Type: Article

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