Erratum: "Randomized trial comparing pegylated interferon α-2b versus pegylated interferon α-2a, both plus ribavirin, to treat chronic hepatitis C in human immunodeficiency virus patients" (Hepatology 2009 (49) (22-31) 10.1002/hep.22598);Randomized trial comparing pegylated interferon -2b versus pegylated interferon -2a, both plus ribavirin, to treat chronic hepatitis C in human immunodeficiency virus patients

Hepatology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-31

  Laguno, Montserrat ^a   Cifuentes, Carmen ^b   Murillas, Javier ^c   Veloso, Sergio ^d   Larrousse, Maria ^a   Payeras, Antoni ^b   Bonet, Lucia ^c   Vidal, Francese ^d   Milinkovic, Ana ^a   Bassa, Antoni ^b   Villalonga, Concha ^c   Pérez, Iñaki ^a   Tural, Cristina ^e   Martínez Rebollar, Maria ^a   Calvo, Marta ^a   Blanco, Jose Luis ^a   Martínez, Estaban ^a   Sánchez Tapias, Jose M ^a   Gatell, Jose M ^a   Mallolas, Jose ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL SON LLÀTZER   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI JOAN XXIII   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABACAVIR; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; DIPYRONE; LEVOTHYROXINE; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2A; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2B; RIBAVIRIN; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; VIRUS RNA; ALPHA2A INTERFERON; ALPHA2B INTERFERON; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; PEGINTERFERON ALFA-2A; PEGINTERFERON ALFA-2B;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; APATHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENOTYPE; HAIR DISEASE; HAIR THINNING; HEADACHE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INJECTION SITE REACTION; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; LEUKOPENIA; LIPOATROPHY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL TOXICITY; MIXED INFECTION; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIDE EFFECT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; WEIGHT REDUCTION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG COMBINATION; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERFERON ALFA-2A; INTERFERON ALFA-2B; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RIBAVIRIN;

EID: 58949099266     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.22844     Document Type: Erratum

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