Natural history of chronic hepatitis C: Genotype 1 versus genotype 6

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 444-448

  Seto, Wai Kay ^a   Lai, Ching Lung ^a   Fung, James ^a   Hung, Ivan ^a   Yuen, John ^a   Young, John ^a   Wong, Danny Ka Ho ^a   Yuen, Man Fung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Genotype 1; Genotype 6; Hepatitis C; Mortality; Natural history

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; BILIRUBIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955852064     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2010.04.009     Document Type: Article

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