Sustained virological response in a predominantly hepatitis C virus genotype 4 infected population

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 35, 2009, Pages 4429-4433

  Dahlan, Yaser ^a   Ather, Hafiz Mughees ^a   Al ahmadi, Majid ^a   Batwa, Faisal ^a   Al hamoudi, Waleed ^b  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Genotype 4; Hepatitis C virus infection; Sustained virological response

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2A; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2B; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 72049099330     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.4429     Document Type: Article

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