A national French survey on the use of growth factors as adjuvant treatment of chronic hepatitis C

Hepatology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 377-383

  Thévenot, Thierry ^a,i   Cadranel, Jean François ^b   Di Martino, Vincent ^a   Pariente, Alexandre ^c   Causse, Xavier ^d   Renou, Christophe ^e   Hagege, Hervé ^f   Denis, Jacques ^g   Lunel Fabiani, Françoise ^h  

^a Hôpital Universitaire Jean Minjoz   (France)

^b Hopital Laennec   (France)

^c Hôpital Mitterrand   (France)

^d Centre Hospitalier Regional d'Orleans   (France)

^e Hôpital d'Hyères   (France)

^f CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL DE CRÉTEIL   (France)

^g Hopital Louise Michel   (France)

^h ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; NOVEL ERYTHROPOIESIS STIMULATING PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; RIBAVIRIN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ALLERGY; ANEMIA; ARTHRALGIA; BONE PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INDICATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MYALGIA; NEUTROPHIL; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PURE RED CELL ANEMIA; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FEMALE; FRANCE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL GROWTH FACTORS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33847755963     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.21517     Document Type: Review

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