Serum iron parameters in chronic hepatitis C patients and comparison of the results before and during antiviral treatment;Ocena stȩżenia żelaza, ferrytyny, całkowitej zdolności wia̧zania żelaza oraz wysycenia transferyny w surowicy chorych na przewlekłe zapalenie wa̧troby typu C oraz analiza wpływu leczenia przeciwwirusowego na wymienione parametry

Polski Merkuriusz Lekarski

Volumn 18, Issue 107, 2005, Pages 552-555

  Bolewska, Beata ^a   Wojtacha, Anna ^a   Juszczyk, Jacek ^a   Przedwojewski, Mirosław ^b  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b Centralne Laboratorium   (Poland)

Author keywords

HCV; IFN and ribavirin treatment; Iron parameters

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FERRITIN; INTERFERON; IRON; RIBAVIRIN; TRANSFERRIN; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENDER; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON METABOLISM; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RIBAVIRIN; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 20144377246     PISSN: 14269686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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