Clinical picture and liver histology of chronic hepatitis C in children

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 141-147

  Mania, Anna ^a   Kemnitz, Paweł ^a   Figlerowicz, Magdalena ^a   Mozer Lisewska, Iwona ^a   Kowala Piaskowska, Arleta ^a   Woźniak, Aldona ^b   Słuzewski, Wojciech ^a  

^a University of Medical Sciences   (Poland)

^b POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

children; chronic hepatitis C; clinical picture; inflammatory activity; liver fibrosis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VIRAL CLEARANCE; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 84858865992     PISSN: 10569103     EISSN: 15369943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IPC.0b013e3182425b13     Document Type: Article

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