The efficacy of prophylactic interferon alfa-2b in preventing recurrent hepatitis C after liver transplantation

Hepatology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 831-838

  Sheiner, Patricia A ^a   Boros, Peter ^a   Klion, Franklin M ^a   Thung, Swan N ^a   Schluger, Leona Kim ^a   Lau, Johnson Y N ^b   Mor, Eytan ^c   Bodian, Carol ^a   Guy, Stephen R ^a   Schwartz, Myron E ^a   Emre, Sukru ^a   Bodenheimer Jr , Henry C ^a   Miller, Charles M ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; RECOMBINANT ALPHA2B INTERFERON; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIREMIA; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 17344367725     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510280334     Document Type: Article

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