Comparative study of patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection due to genotypes 1 and 3 referred for treatment in southeast Brazil

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Vigani, Aline G ^a   Pavan, Maria H ^a   Tozzo, Raquel ^a   Gonçales, Eduardo S L ^a   Feltrin, Adriana ^a   Fais, Viviane C ^a   Lazarini, Maria S K ^a   Gonçales, Neiva S L ^a   Gonçales Jr , Fernando L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA INTERFERON; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CRYOGLOBULIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2A; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2B; RIBAVIRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAZIL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149345225     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-8-164     Document Type: Article

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