Effects of long-term course of alpha-interferon in patients with chronic hepatitis C associated to mixed cryoglobulinaemia

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1067-1072

  Adinolfi, Luigi E ^a   Utili, Riccardo ^a   Zampino, Rosa ^a   Ragone, Enrico ^a   Mormone, Gennaro ^a   Ruggiero, Giuseppe ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis C; Cryoglobulinaemia; HCV; Interferon

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2A INTERFERON; AMINOTRANSFERASE; CRYOGLOBULIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HEMATURIA; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PURPURA; VIRUS GENOME;

EID: 0030701577     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-199711000-00008     Document Type: Article

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