Hepatitis G virus and human immunodeficiency virus coinfection: Response to interferon-α therapy

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1334-1337

  Lau, Daryl T Y ^a,e   Miller, Kirk D ^b   Detmer, Jill ^d   Kolberg, Janice ^d   Herpin, Betsey ^c   Metcalf, Julia A ^c   Davey, Richard T ^c   Hoofnagle, Jay H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; VIRUS RNA; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; COMORBIDITY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RNA, VIRAL; TIME FACTORS; VIRAL LOAD; ZIDOVUDINE;

EID: 0033375326     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315031     Document Type: Article

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