Health Assessment for Chronic HCV Infection: Results of Quality of Life

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 12 SUPPL., 1996, Pages

  Carithers Jr , Robert L ^a   Sugano, David ^b   Bayliss, Martha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chronic infection; Hepatitis C virus; Quality of life measures

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; RECOMBINANT ALPHA2B INTERFERON;

CONFERENCE PAPER; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INTERFERON ALFA-2B; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 0030454962     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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