Article
Long-term observation of HCV-positive patients with normal ALT values: persistence of a clinically healthy state.
Research in virology - 1 Jan 2000
Morisco F, Del Vecchio Blanco G, Tuccillo C, Galli C, Cirino S, Caporaso N
Abstract excerpt
The purpose of our investigation was to ascertain the presence of viral replication in subjects positive for antibodies to hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV) with persistently normal values of liver tests, to define their natural history, and to determine whether the immunoglobulin M (IgM) response cou...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Alanine Transaminase
- Carrier State
- Female
- Genotype
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis C Antibodies
- Hepatitis C, Chronic
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin M
- Male
- Middle Aged
- RNA, Viral
- Serotyping
- Viremia
- Virus Replication