Pegylated interferon α-2b plus ribavirin for older patients with chronic hepatitis C

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 35, 2010, Pages 4400-4409

  Kainuma, Mosaburo ^a   Furusyo, Norihiro ^a   Kajiwara, Eiji ^b   Takahashi, Kazuhiro ^c   Nomura, Hideyuki ^d   Tanabe, Yuichi ^e   Satoh, Takeaki ^f   Maruyama, Toshihiro ^g   Nakamuta, Makoto ^h   Kotoh, Kazuhiro ⁱ   Azuma, Koichi ⁱ   Shimono, Junya ^j   Shimoda, Shinji ⁱ   Hayashi, Jun ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b STEEL MEMORIAL YAWATA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c HAMANOMACHI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d Shin kokura Hospital   (Japan)

^e Fukuoka City Hospital   (Japan)

^f Kokura Medical Center   (Japan)

^g KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYUSHU MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

ⁱ KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j Saiseikai Yahata General Hospital   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Gerontology; Hepatitis c virus; Pegylated interferon; Ribavirin

Indexed keywords

PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2B; RIBAVIRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RASH; SEX DIFFERENCE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 77957585975     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i35.4400     Document Type: Article

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