Response to interferon-α of Egyptian patients infected with hepatitis C virus genotype 4

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 261-264

  El Zayadi, A ^a   Simmonds, P ^b   Dabbous, H ^a   Prescott, L ^b   Selim, O ^a   Ahdy, A ^c  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Cairo Liver Center   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Antiviral; Egypt; Genotype 4; Interferon treatment

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; EGYPT; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0030225412     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.1996.tb00052.x     Document Type: Article

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