Fatigue in patients with chronic hepatitis C

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 295-303

  Poynard, Thierry ^a   Cacoub, P ^a   Ratziu, V ^a   Myers, R P ^a   Dezailles, M H ^a   Mercadier, A ^a   Ghillani, P ^a   Charlotte, F ^a   Piette, J C ^a   Moussalli, J ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Arthralgia; Cryoglobulin; Depression; Fatigue; Myalgia; Pruritus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DERMATOLOGY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GENDER; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOLOGY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYALGIA; NEUROLOGY; PARESTHESIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PURPURA; RHEUMATOLOGY; SCHOOL CHILD; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FIBROSIS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0036904162     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2893.2002.00364.x     Document Type: Article

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