Current practice of hepatitis C treatment in Southern Italy

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 822-825

  Stroffolini, Tommaso ^a   Spadaro, Aldo ^b   Guadagnino, Vincenzo ^c   Cosentino, Stefano ^d   Fatuzzo, Filippo ^d   Galdieri, Antonio ^e   Cacopardo, Bruno ^f   Scalisi, Ignazio ^g   Sapienza, Mauro ^h   Russello, Maurizio ⁱ   Scifo, Gaetano ^j   Frugiuele, Pierluigi ^k   Foti, Giuseppe ^l   Almasio, Piero Luigi ^m  

^a POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^e UO di Medicina Generale   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^g UO Medicina Ospedale di Castelvetrano   (Italy)

^h UOC di Malattie Infettive Ospedale Carlo Basilotta Nicosia ASP Enna   (Italy)

ⁱ ARNAS Garibaldi Nesima   (Italy)

^j UOC di Malattie Infettive Ospedale Umberto I Siracusa   (Italy)

^k UOC di Malattie Infettive Ospedale Umberto I Siracusa ^*  (Italy)

^l BIANCHI MELACRINO MORELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Antiviral therapy; Chronic hepatitis; HCV

Indexed keywords

LIVER ENZYME; PEGINTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALCOHOLISM; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; INTERFERON ALFA-2B; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBAVIRIN; RNA, VIRAL; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 77957280118     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2010.03.020     Document Type: Article

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