A particular hepatitis C virus protease NS3 gene pattern in a patient not responding to interferon-ribavirin therapy

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-80

  Vallet, S ^a   Nousbaum, J B ^b   Gouriou, S ^c   Legrand Quillien, M C ^a   Goudeau, A ^d   Picard, B ^a  

^a CHU MORVAN   (France)

^b BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c FACULTÉ DE MÉDECINE ET DES SCIENCES DE LA SANTÉ   (France)

^d CHU BRETONNEAU   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; PROTEINASE; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS ENZYME;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA STRAND; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS LOAD;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DNA, VIRAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERFERON-ALPHA; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBAVIRIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT FAILURE; VIRAL LOAD; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

EID: 13144276317     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-004-1269-3     Document Type: Article

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