Distribution of hepatitis C virus genotypes and its response to treatment in Pakistani patients

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1671-1673

  Mumtaz, Khalid ^a   Hamid, Saeed S ^a   Moatter, Tariq ^a   Abid, Shahab ^a   Shah, Hasnain A ^a   Jafri, Wasim ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; INTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIROLOGY; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INTERFERONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58949102437     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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