Interferon alpha and ribavirin in the treatment of children with chronic hepatitis C

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 163, Issue 4-5, 2004, Pages 265-267

  Figlerowicz, Magdalena ^a   Sluzewski, Wojciech ^a   Kowala Piaskowska, Arleta ^a   Mozer Lisewska, Iwona ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; AMINOTRANSFERASE; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS RNA;

AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; IRRITABILITY; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHILD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; MALE; RIBAVIRIN; RNA, VIRAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2442704004     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-004-1418-9     Document Type: Article

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