Interleukin-12 in the treatment of chronic hepatitis B and C

Antiviral Research

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 181-188

  Zeuzem, Stefan ^a   Carreo, Vicente ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b Hospital Pardo de Aravaca   (Spain)

Author keywords

HBV DNA levels; HCV RNA levels; Interferon ; Interleukin 10; Interleukin 12

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; BILIRUBIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 12; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUTROPHIL; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS CONCENTRATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-12; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0034769082     PISSN: 01663542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-3542(01)00183-8     Document Type: Article

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