Hepatitis C viral RNA status at two weeks of therapy predicts the eventual response

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 193-199

  Yamaji, Kouzaburo ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C viral RNA; Interferon treatment

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIREMIA;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; RNA, VIRAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031895115     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199804000-00009     Document Type: Article

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