A verification of the assumptive thesis, "HCV kinetics is conform to Gompertzian model"

Kanzo/Acta Hepatologica Japonica

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 324-338

  Matsui, Keiji ^a  

^a Ofuna Chuo Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beta interferon; Gomp Ex model; Gompertzian model; HCV kinetics

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL STUDY; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; THEORY; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 68149181548     PISSN: 04514203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2957/kanzo.50.324     Document Type: Article

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