Changes in quality of life and sexual health are associated with low-dose peginterferon therapy and disease progression in patients with chronic hepatitis C

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 719-734

  Snow, K K ^a   Bonkovsky, H L ^b   Fontana, R J ^c   Kim, H Y ^a   Sterling, R K ^d   Di Bisceglie, A M ^e   Morgan, T R ^f,g   Dienstag, J L ^h   Ghany, M G ⁱ  

^a NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^h MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2A; RIBAVIRIN; ALPHA INTERFERON; ALPHA2A INTERFERON; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SHORT FORM 36; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WELLBEING; COMPLICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77649223119     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2010.04235.x     Document Type: Article

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