Pegylated interferon and ribavirin in haemodialysis patients [5]

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1444-1445

  Bruchfeld, Annette ^a,b   Lindahl, K ^b   Reichard, O ^b   Carlsson, T ^b   Schvarcz, R ^b  

^a FEINSTEIN INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; IRON; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2A; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2B; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS RNA;

ANEMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FATIGUE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GENOTYPE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COHORT STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON ALFA-2B; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RENAL DIALYSIS; RIBAVIRIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RNA, VIRAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646166212     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfl072     Document Type: Letter

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