Insulin resistance and HCV virologic response to peg-interferons (Peg-IFN) with ribavirin (RBV) in HIV/HCV co-infected patients

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 306-307

  Donato, C ^a   Cingolani, A ^a   Pinnetti, C ^a   De Luca, A ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEGINTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOMEOSTASIS MODEL ASSESSMENT OF INSULIN RESISTANCE INDEX; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LETTER; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTERFERON ALFA-2A; MALE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBAVIRIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 75349104312     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2009.10.028     Document Type: Letter

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