Effect of interferon-α and ribavirin therapy on serum GB virus C/hepatitis G virus (GBV-C/HGV) RNA levels in patients chronically infected with hepatitis C virus and GBV-C/HGV

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 421-426

  Lau, Johnson Y N ^a   Qian, KePing ^b   Detmer, Jill ^b   Collins, Mark L ^b   Orito, Etsuro ^b   Kolberg, Janice A ^b   Urdea, Mickey S ^b   Mizokami, Masashi ^b   Davis, Gary L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DNA DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0030743358     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514059     Document Type: Article

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