Retreatment of chronic hepatitis C: Who and how?

Liver International

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 49-56

  Heathcote, Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C; Non responders; Retreatment

Indexed keywords

ALBINTERFERON ALPHA2B; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; ERYTHROPOIETIN; INTERFERON; METFORMIN; PEGINTERFERON; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2A; REBETRON; RIBAVIRIN; STAT C AGENT; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS RNA;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; AGE; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MONOTHERAPY; RETREATMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPREGULATION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TITRATION;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON ALFA-2A; RETREATMENT; RIBAVIRIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 59149089845     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2008.01932.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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