Liver biopsy in hepatitis C virus carriers with normal alanine aminotransferase levels

Hepatology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 655-

  Puoti, Claudio ^a   Bellis, Lia ^a   Guarisco, Riccardo ^a  

^a Marino Hospital Rome   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER INJURY; MIXED INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS CARRIER; BIOPSY; BLOOD; LIVER; NOTE; PATHOLOGY;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BIOPSY; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER;

EID: 68949175280     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.23074     Document Type: Letter

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