Effect of alcohol intake on the efficacy of interferon therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis C as evaluated by multivariate logistic regression analysis

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 20, Issue 9 SUPPL., 1996, Pages

  Mochida, Satoshi ^a   Ohnishi, Kunihiko ^a   Matsuo, Shuichi ^a   Kakihara, Kohji ^a   Fujiwara, Kenji ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohol Intake; Chronic Hepatitis; Hepatitis C Virus; Interferon Therapy

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FIBROSIS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON ALFA-2B; INTERFERON-ALPHA; INTERFERON-BETA; INTERFERONS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030473496     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1996.tb01176.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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