Is genotype 3 of the hepatitis C virus the new villain?

Hepatology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2403-2412

  Goossens, Nicolas ^a   Negro, Francesco ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOCEPREVIR; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA; PEGINTERFERON LAMBDA; RIBAVIRIN; TELAPREVIR;

ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATTY LIVER; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 3; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FIBROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES;

EID: 84901620722     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.26905     Document Type: Review

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