Phenotyping of intrahepatic and peripheral blood lymphocytes in patients with chronic hepatitis C

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2495-2500

  Tran, Albert ^a   Yang, Guang ^b   Doglio, Alain ^b   Ticchioni, Michel ^b   Laffont, Catherine ^b   Durant, Jacques ^b   Bernard, Jean Louis ^b   Gugenheim, Jean ^b   Saint Paul, Marie Christine ^b   Bernard, Alain ^b   Rampal, Patrick ^b   Benzaken, Sylvia ^b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Hepatitis C virus; Knodell score; Lymphocyte subsets; Virus replication

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD69 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER INJURY; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; VIREMIA; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD3; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD56; ANTIGENS, CD8; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, IGG; TRANSAMINASES;

EID: 6844258183     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018856410794     Document Type: Article

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