Successful treatment of acute hepatitis C virus in HIV positive patients using the European AIDS Treatment Network guidelines for treatment duration

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 367-369

  Dorward, Jienchi ^a   Garrett, Nigel ^a   Scott, Duncan ^a   Buckland, Matthew ^a   Orkin, Chloe ^a   Baily, Guy ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis C; HIV; HIV hepatitis C virus coinfection; NEAT guidelines; Pegylated interferon and ribavirin

Indexed keywords

PEGINTERFERON ALPHA; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EUROPEAN AIDS TREATMENT NETWORK GUIDELINE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBAVIRIN; RNA, VIRAL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 82755160755     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2011.08.020     Document Type: Article

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