Pegylated interferon treatment of acute pericarditis associated with acute hepatitis C

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 268-271

  Kocaman, Orhan ^a   Aygün, Cem ^a   Konduk, Tolga ^a   Çelebi, Altay ^a   Şentürk, Ömer ^a   Hülagü, Sadettin ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis C; Acute pericarditis; Pegylated interferon

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; IBUPROFEN; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2A; VIRUS RNA;

AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; TOOTH EXTRACTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INTERFERON ALFA-2A; PERICARDITIS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

EID: 43549099534     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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