Hepatic HCV-RNA as a predictor of outcome after interferon therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis C

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 236-240

  Kondo, Masaaki ^a   Tanaka, Katsuaki ^a   Ikeda, Masanori ^a   Arata, Shinju ^a   Saito, Satoru ^a   Sakaguchi, Takashi ^a   Morimoto, Manabu ^a   Fujii, Takando ^a   Mitsui, Konomi ^a   Okazaki, Hiroshi ^a   Hoshino, Masato ^a   Sekihara, Hisahiko ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis C; Hepatic HCV RNA; Interferon; PCR

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; RECOMBINANT ALPHA2A INTERFERON; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 9244236056     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.1996.tb00068.x     Document Type: Article

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