Hepatitis C Treatment of Veterans with Psychiatric Illness [3]

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 673-674

  Rifai, Muhamad Aly ^a,b,c   Loftis, Jennifer M ^a,b,d,e   Hauser, Peter ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Northwest Hepatitis C Resource Center   (United States)

^c Departments of Psychiatry   (Finland)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; RECOMBINANT ALPHA INTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSENSUS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INDICATION; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER DISEASE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROTOXICITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOPATHY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VETERAN;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREJUDICE; RIBAVIRIN; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VETERANS;

EID: 33644747709     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.473_3.x     Document Type: Letter

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