Enlargement of perihepatic lymph nodes in relation to liver histology and viremia in patients with chronic hepatitis C

✍ Scribed by C F Dietrich; J Lee; G Herrmann; G Teuber; W K Roth; W F Caspary; S Zeuzem

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 318 KB
• Volume: 26
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0270-9139
• DOI: 10.1002/hep.510260230

✦ Synopsis

the liver and the immune-mediated inflammatory response of aging investigations. Assessment of the lymph node status within the host. (HEPATOLOGY 1997;26:467-472.) the hepatoduodenal ligament and ultrasound-guided liver biopsy were performed on the same occasion before initiation of antiviral treatment. In 104 of 114 patients, adequate visualization of the Abbreviations: HCV, hepatitis C virus; RT-PCR, reverse transcription-polymerase hepatoduodenal ligament was achieved by transabdominal ultrachain reaction; HAI, histological activity index; 5-NCR, 5-noncoding region.

sound. Reasons for inadequate visualization comprised obesity (n Å

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