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Intrahepatic lymphocyte phenotypes in hepatitis C virus infection: a comparison between cirrhotic and non-cirrhotic livers.
Minerva gastroenterologica e dietologica - 1 Mar 2007
Bonacini M, Govindarajan S, Kohla M, Lai M M C, Lindsay K L
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AIM: The pathogenesis of viral hepatitis involves the activation of cellular immunity, including intrahepatic lymphocytes (IHL). Lym-phocyte phenotypes play a fundamental role in the pathogenesis of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, the progression of liver fibrosis and subsequent hepatocellular carcinoma. The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of intrahepatic mononuclear cell phenotypes in...
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