Chronic Hepatitis C: What Treatment for Nonresponders to Recombinant Interferon-α?

Clinical Drug Investigation

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 224-228

  Bresci, G ^a,b   Parisi, G ^a   Banti, S ^a   Scatena, F ^a   Bertoni, M ^a   Capria, A ^a  

^a University Hospital in Pisa   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA INTERFERON; LYMPHOBLAST INTERFERON; RECOMBINANT ALPHA INTERFERON; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029918350     PISSN: 11732563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00044011-199611040-00005     Document Type: Article

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