Early therapy with interferon for acute hepatitis C acquired through a needlestick

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 992-994

  Noguchi, Seiji ^b   Sata, Michio ^a   Suzuki, Hiroshi ^b   Ohba, Kenichi ^b   Mizokami, Masashi ^b   Tanikawa, Kyuichi ^b  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA2A INTERFERON; BETA INTERFERON; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VIRUS GENE;

EID: 0030893653     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/24.5.992     Document Type: Article

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