Pretreatment laparoscopic appearance of the liver can predict response to combination therapy with interferon alpha 2B and ribavirin in chronic hepatitis C

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 380-383

  Bajaj, Jasmohan S ^a,b   Molina, Enrique ^a,b   Regev, Arie ^a,b   Schiff, Eugene R ^a,b   Jeffers, Lennox J ^a,b  

^a Univ of Miami School of Medicine ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2 INTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 1242272858     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/S0016-5107(03)00012-9     Document Type: Article

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