Sustained virologic response to therapy of recurrent hepatitis C after liver transplantation is related to early virologic response and dose adherence

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1100-1108

  Sharma, Pratima ^a   Marrero, Jorge A ^a   Fontana, Robert J ^a   Greenson, Joel K ^a   Conjeevaram, Hari ^a   Su, Grace L ^a   Askari, Frederick ^a   Sullivan, Patricia ^a   Lok, Anna S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZATHIOPRINE; BILIRUBIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; ERYTHROPOIETIN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2A; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2B; PREDNISONE; RIBAVIRIN; TACROLIMUS; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPENIA; DEPRESSION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUTROPENIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SEPSIS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INTERFERONS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RIBAVIRIN; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 34250866552     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21121     Document Type: Article

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