Sustained response to interferon-α or to interferon-α plus ribavirin in hepatitis C virus-associated symptomatic mixed cryoglobulinaemia

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1179-1186

  Calleja, Jose Luis ^a   Albillos, A ^b   Moreno Otero, R ^c   Rossi, I ^a   Cacho, G ^a   Domper, F ^a   Yebra, M ^a   Escartin P ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA INTERFERON; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; LIVER; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBAVIRIN; RNA, VIRAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032855572     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2036.1999.00581.x     Document Type: Article

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