Superiority of standard interferon-α2b compared to pegylated interferon-α2b (12 kDa) in a hemodialysis patient with chronic hepatitis C?

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 232-235

  Potthoff, A ^a   Wiegand, J ^a   Luth J B ^b   Wedemeyer, H ^a   Manns, M P ^a   Tillmann, Hans L ^a,c  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Clin for Kidney/Hypertension Dis   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breakthrough; Chronic hepatitis C; Dialysis; Pegylated interferon; Renal transplant

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; HEMOGLOBIN; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2B; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC GRAFT REJECTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATIGUE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; FOLLOW UP; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; VIROLOGY;

EID: 14944368258     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/cnp63232     Document Type: Article

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