Hepatitis C: Current approaches in pediatrics

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 662-665

  Rumbo, Carolina ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Interferon; Ribavirin; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; PEGINTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN;

ALOPECIA; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; CHILD; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE COURSE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; SIDE EFFECT; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CHILD; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS;

EID: 26244441929     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2005.00375.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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