Persistence of hepatitis C virus in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of sustained viral responders to pegylated interferon and ribavirin therapy

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2564-2568

  Gallegos Orozco, Juan F ^a   Rakela, Jorge ^a   Rosati, Marianne J ^a   Vargas, Hugo E ^a   Balan, Vijayan ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Peginterferon; Peripheral blood mononuclear cells; Viral hepatitis; Viral persistence

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2A; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INTERFERON ALFA-2A; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RIBAVIRIN; RNA, VIRAL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 50249162485     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-008-0323-x     Document Type: Article

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