Sustained viral response of a case of acute hepatitis C virus infection via needle-stick injury

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 29, 2006, Pages 4757-4760

  Kogure, Takayuki ^a   Ueno, Yoshiyuki ^a   Kanno, Nariatsu ^a   Fukushima, Koji ^a   Yamagiwa, Yoko ^a   Nagasaki, Futoshi ^a   Kakazu, Eiji ^a   Matsuda, Yasunori ^a   Kido, Osamu ^a   Nakagome, Yu ^a   Ninomiya, Masashi ^a   Shimosegawa, Tooru ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis; Hepatitis C virus; Interferonbeta; Needle stick injury

Indexed keywords

BETA INTERFERON; LIVER ENZYME; VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; CHRONICITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NURSE; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT DURATION; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 33747631577     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i29.4757     Document Type: Article

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