Combination therapy of peginterferon and ribavirin for chronic hepatitis C patients with genotype 1b and low-virus load

Internal Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 253-258

  Arase, Yasuji ^a   Suzuki, Fumitaka ^a   Akuta, Norio ^a   Sezaki, Hitomi ^a   Suzuki, Yoshiyuki ^a   Kawamura, Yusuke ^a   Kobayashi, Masahiro ^a   Hosaka, Tetsuya ^a   Yatsuji, Hiromi ^a   Hirakawa, Miharu ^a   Saito, Satoshi ^a   Ikeda, Kenji ^a   Kobayashi, Mariko ^a   Kumada, Hiromitsu ^a  

^a TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis C; Duration of treatment; HCV genotype 1b; Low virus load; Peginterferon; Ribavirin

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; PEGINTERFERON; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2B; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS RNA; ALPHA2B INTERFERON; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; PEGINTERFERON ALFA-2B;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLECYSTITIS; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIRUS LOAD; BIOPSY; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG COMBINATION; GENETICS; LIVER; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON ALFA-2B; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBAVIRIN; RNA, VIRAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 66149189581     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.48.1629     Document Type: Article

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