An open-label study of administration of EH0202, a health-food additive, to patients with chronic hepatitis C

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 873-878

  Kaji, Kyosuke ^a   Yoshida, Satoshi ^b,c   Nagata, Nobuo ^b   Yamashita, Tatsuya ^a   Mizukoshi, Eishiro ^a   Honda, Masao ^a   Kojima, Yasuhiko ^b   Kaneko, Shuichi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b ASTELLAS PHARMA INC   (Japan)

^c Original Image Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Food additive; HCV RNA; Health food; Hepatitis C; Interferon

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; BUPLEURUM ROOT; CHLORIDE; CREATININE; CUCURBITA MOSCHATA EXTRACT; EH 0202; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; INTERFERON; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIVER EXTRACT; LONISERA JAPONICA EXTRACT; MALOTILATE; NITROGEN; PLANTAGO ASIATICA EXTRACT; POTASSIUM; PROHEPARUM S; PROTEIN; SAFFLOWER EXTRACT; SODIUM; TAURINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALAISE; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SYMPTOM; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS; CUCURBITA; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LONICERA; MALE; MEDICINE, KAMPO; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTAGO; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 6944235787     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-004-1404-z     Document Type: Article

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