Is the periodic repetition of a coagulation check necessary during anti-hepatitis C virus therapy? [8]

Gut

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 902-

  Copra, F ^a   Nicolini, N ^a   Franchini, M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8 INHIBITOR; DESMOPRESSIN; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2A; RIBAVIRIN;

ADULT; BLOOD CLOTTING; CASE REPORT; DENTAL CARE; DRUG RESPONSE; GINGIVA BLEEDING; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME;

BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; FACTOR VIII; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON ALFA-2A; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

EID: 33646766771     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2006.091496     Document Type: Letter

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