Pretreatment prediction of virological response to peginterferon plus ribavirin therapy in chronic hepatitis C patients using viral and host factors

Hepatology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1753-1760

  Shirakawa, Haruaki ^a   Matsumoto, Akihiro ^a   Joshita, Satoru ^a   Komatsu, Michiharu ^a   Tanaka, Naoki ^a   Umemura, Takeji ^a   Ichijo, Tetsuya ^a   Yoshizawa, Kaname ^a   Kiyosawa, Kendo ^b   Tanaka, Eiji ^a   Arai, Kaoru ^a   Misawa, Noriko ^a   Orii, Koji ^a   Gibo, Yukio ^c   Imai, Yasuharu ^d   Muto, Hidetomo ^e   Wada, Shuichi ^b   Mori, Hiromitsu ^b   Funase, Kazuhiro ^f   Miyabayashi, Chiharu ^g   Koike, Yuriko ^h   Iijima, Akihiro ⁱ   Takamatsu, Masato ^j   Tsukadaira, Toshihisa ^k   Kitahara, Akinori ^k   Sodeyama, Takeshi ^l   Kobayashi, Masakazu ^l   Furuta, Kiyoshi ^l   Imai, Haruhiko ^m   Yoda, Hidetoshi ⁿ   Usuda, Seiichi ^o   Nakatsuji, Yoshiyuki ^p   Urushihara, Akihiko ^q   Okiyama, Wataru ^r   Maruyama, Atsushi ^s   Yamaura, Takahiro ^t   more..

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGANO RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Gibo Liver Clinic   (Japan)

^d TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e Nagano Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^f Kamijo Kinenn Hospital   (Japan)

^g Chikuma Central Hospital   (Japan)

^h Kawanakajima Clinic   (Japan)

ⁱ Kiso Prefecture Hospital   (Japan)

^j Nagano Prefectural Federation of Agricultural Cooperative for Health and Welfare   (Japan)

^k Kenwakai Hospital   (Japan)

^l Matsumoto Hospital   (Japan)

^m Yodakubo Hospital   (Japan)

ⁿ National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^o Specified Medical Corporation Jisenkai Aizawa Hospital   (Japan)

^p Shinshu Ueda Medical Center   (Japan)

^q Tatsuno Hospital   (Japan)

^r Suwa Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

^s Ina Central Hospital   (Japan)

^t Iida Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2B; RIBAVIRIN; ALPHA2B INTERFERON; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; PEGINTERFERON ALFA-2B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTANT; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS LOAD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUTATION; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON ALFA-2B; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUTATION; NEUTROPHILS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBAVIRIN; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149380829     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.22543     Document Type: Article

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