Liver histological alterations in patients with chronic hepatitis C and normal ALT levels in the city of Salvador, Northeast-Brazil

Liver histological alterations in patients with chronic hepatitis C and normal ALT levels in the city of Salvador, Northeast-Brazil

Patients with chronic hepatitis C can have variable clinical progression. Hepatic histological alterations appear to be milder in asymptomatic subjects who have persistently normal ALT levels. AIMS: To evaluate the severity of histological liver alterations in blood donors with normal and elevated A...

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Main Authors: Nelma Pereira de Santana, Luiz A.R. de Freitas, André Castro Lyra, Raymundo Paraná, Genoile Santana, Christian Trepo, Luiz G.C. Lyra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
ALT levels
liver alterations
HCV
Northeast-Brazil
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702005000200003&lng=en&tlng=en

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