Hepatitis C treatment - Clearing the mind

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 513-514

  Forton, Daniel M ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; COGNITION; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EDITORIAL; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS C; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; LIVER FIBROSIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VIRAL CLEARANCE;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BASAL GANGLIA; COGNITION DISORDERS; FRONTAL LOBE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS;

EID: 84856252952     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2011.11.004     Document Type: Editorial

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