Serum IP-10 levels correlate with the severity of liver histopathology in patients infected with genotype-1 HCV

Gut and Liver

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 506-512

  You, Chan Ran ^a   Park, Su Hyung ^b   Jeong, Sung Won ^c   Woo, Hyun Young ^d   Bae, Si Hyun ^a   Choi, Jong Young ^a   Sung, Young Chul ^b   Yoon, Seung Kew ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^c Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis C; Fibrosis; Interferon inducible protein 10

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KNODELL HISTOLOGIC ACTIVITY INDEX; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 81855184381     PISSN: 19762283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5009/gnl.2011.5.4.506     Document Type: Article

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