The relationships among host immune and viral factors and the severity of liver disease due to hepatitis C virus (HCV) are poorly understood. Previous studies have focused on individual components of the immune response to HCV, often in relatively small numbers of patients. We measured HCV-specific
Pathogenesis of chronic hepatitis C: Immunological features of hepatic injury and viral persistence
β Scribed by Andreas Cerny; Francis V. Chisari
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 94 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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