Detection of hepatitis c virus in platelets: evaluating its relationship to antiviral therapy outcome

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 56, Issue 90, 2009, Pages 429-436

  Almeida, Adilson José De ^a,b,d   Campos De Magalhaẽs, Marilza ^b,d   Brandão Mello, Carlos Eduardo ^c,d   Oliveira, Rosane Vieira De ^a,d   Espírito Santo, Márcia Paschoal Do ^a,d   Yoshida, Clara Fumiko Tachibana ^a,d   Lampe, Elisabeth ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Hematology Unit/Medical Clinic B   (Brazil)

^c Gaff ee and Guinle University Hospital   (Brazil)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antiviral therapy; HCV; Hepatitis C; Platelets; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA2B INTERFERON; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2B; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BLOOD PLATELETS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 67649207406     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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