Reply to: Brain-derived neurotrophic factor in patients with chronic hepatitis C: Beyond neurotrophic support

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Modabbernia, Amirhossein ^a,b   Ashrafi, Mandana ^a   Taslimi, Shervin ^a   Poustchi, Hossein ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 36; STELLATE CELL;

EID: 84864287736     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.02.035     Document Type: Letter

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