Danazol improves thrombocytopenia in HCV patients treated with peginterferon and ribavirin

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 458-468

  Álvarez, Guillermo Cabrera ^a   Gómez Galicia, Diana ^b   Rodríguez Fragoso, Lourdes ^b   Marina, Vicente Madrid ^c   Dorantes, Luis Cañedo ^b   Sánchez Alemán, Miguel ^c   Méndez Sánchez, Nahum ^d   Esparza, Jorge Reyes ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^d LIVER RESEARCH UNIT   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antiviral therapy; Chronic hepatitis; Platelets; Sustained viral response; Viral hepatitis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; DANAZOL; FIBRINOGEN; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2A; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS RNA;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMNESIA; ANEMIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASTHENIA; BLEEDING; BLOATING; CHILL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD SORE; COLIC; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FEVER; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRY SKIN; DYSPNEA; EATING DISORDER; ECCHYMOSIS; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; EPISTAXIS; EYE PAIN; FACE EDEMA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; FLUID RETENTION; GENOTYPE; HAIR LOSS; HEARTBURN; HEPATITIS C; HERPES LABIALIS; HUMAN; HYPEROREXIA; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPERSOMNIA; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPODYNAMIA; HYPOSTHESIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INSOMNIA; JAUNDICE; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALAISE; MALE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; ODYNOPHAGIA; OTALGIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLOR; PATIENT MONITORING; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN DISEASE; SUSTAINED VIRAL RESPONSE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TREMOR; URTICARIA; VARICES BLEEDING; VIRUS LOAD; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 80052711329     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31513-3     Document Type: Article

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