SEN virus does not affect treatment response in hepatitis C virus coinfected patients but SEN virus response depends on SEN virus DNA concentration

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 10, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 1893-1897

  Sagir, Abdurrahman ^a   Adams, Ortwin ^b   Kirschberg, Oliver ^a   Erhardt, Andreas ^a   Heintges, Tobias ^a   Häussinger, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2A; RECOMBINANT ALPHA2A INTERFERON; RECOMBINANT ALPHA2B INTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEN VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 3543116143     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i13.1893     Document Type: Article

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