Low viraemia at enrollment in children with chronic hepatitis C favours spontaneous viral clearance

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 796-801

  Chen, S T ^a   Ni, Y H ^a   Chen, P J ^b   Chen, H L ^a   Jeng, Y M ^c   Lu, M Y ^a   Wu, J F ^a   Hsu, H Y ^a   Chang, M H ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Graduate Institute   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Spontaneous viral clearance; Viral load

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; PROTHROMBIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; VIREMIA; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 84984548399     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: 13652893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2009.01135.x     Document Type: Article

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