Effect of ribavirin on hepatitis C viral kinetics in patients treated with pegylated interferon

Hepatology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1351-1358

  Herrmann, Eva ^a,b   Lee, Jung Hun ^c   Marinos, George ^d   Modi, Marlene ^e   Zeuzem, Stefan ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^d PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e HOFFMANN LA ROCHE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2A; REBETRON; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; KINETICS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIREMIA; VIROLOGY;

EID: 0037806029     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.2003.50218     Document Type: Article

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