Early virologic response to treatment with peginterferon alfa-2b plus ribavirin in patients with chronic hepatitis C

Hepatology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 645-652

  Davis, Gary L ^a   Wong, John B ^b   McHutchison, John G ^c   Manns, Michael P ^d   Harvey, Joann ^e   Albrecht, Janice ^e  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^e MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2B; RECOMBINANT ALPHA2B INTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS RNA;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS INHIBITION;

EID: 0041822106     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.2003.50364     Document Type: Article

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