Treatment of chronic hepatitis C in Croatian war veterans: Experiences from Croatian reference center for viral hepatitis

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-40

  Papić, Neven ^a   Lepej, Snježana Židovec ^a   Kurelac, Ivan ^a   Čajić, Vjeran ^a   Budimir, Jelena ^a   Dušek, Davorka ^a   Vince, Adriana ^a  

^a Croatia   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; CROATIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RIBAVIRIN; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERANS; VETERANS HEALTH; WAR;

EID: 79951815825     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3325/cmj.2011.52.35     Document Type: Article

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