Interferon-alpha therapy for hepatitis C virus recurrence after liver transplantation: Long-term response with maintenance therapy

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 348-351

  Singh, Nina ^a   Gayowski, Timothy ^a   Wannstedt, Cheryl F ^a   Marino, Ignazio R ^a   Wagener, Marilyn M ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Interferon alpha; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA INTERFERON; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOPENIA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029760206     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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