In patients with chronic hepatitis C, alcohol consumption has been proposed as a risk factor for the progression of liver disease; however, evidence for this remains conflicting. Two hundred thirty-four anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV)positive patients who had a liver biopsy performed within the past 24
The Alcohol-altered Liver Membrane Antibody and Hepatitis C Virus Infection in the Progression of Alcoholic Liver Disease
β Scribed by Shujiro Takase; Mikihiro Tsutsumi; Hiromu Kawahara; Nobuo Takada; Akira Takada
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 593 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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