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Association of a genetic polymorphism in ectonucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase 1 with hepatitis C virus infection and hepatitis C virus core antigen levels in subjects in a hyperendemic area of Japan

✍ Scribed by Yuka Takahama; Hirofumi Uto; Shuji Kanmura; Makoto Oketani; Akio Ido; Kazunori Kusumoto; Satoru Hasuike; Kenji Nagata; Katsuhiro Hayashi; Sherri Stuver; Akihiko Okayama; Hirohito Tsubouchi

Publisher: Springer Japan
Year: 2008
Tongue: English
Weight: 207 KB
Volume: 43
Category: Article
ISSN: 0944-1174
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-008-2256-8

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