Article
Chronic hepatitis C in children: a clinical and immunohistochemical comparative study with adult patients.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Dec 1998
García-Monzón C, Jara P, Fernández-Bermejo M, Hierro L, Frauca E, Camarena C, Díaz C, De la Vega A, Larrauri J, García-Iglesias C, Borque M J, Sanz P, García-Buey L, Moreno-Monteagudo J A, Moreno-Otero R
Abstract excerpt
Limited information is available regarding the characteristics of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in children. We compared the epidemiological background along with the virological and histological features as well as the intrahepatic immunologic phenotype of both children and adults with c...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Child
- Female
- Hepatitis C, Chronic
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1
- Liver
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Tissue Distribution
- Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1