Future treatment of patients with HCV cirrhosis

Liver International

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages 113-119

  Bourlière, Marc ^a   Khaloun, Asma ^a   Wartelle Bladou, Claire ^b   Oules, Valérie ^a   Portal, Isabelle ^a   Benali, Souad ^a   Adhoute, Xavier ^a   Castellani, Paul ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT JOSEPH   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boceprevir; Cirrhosis; Decompensated cirrhosis; eRVR; Genotype 1; HCV; RVR; SVR; Telaprevir

Indexed keywords

BOCEPREVIR; PEGINTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN; TELAPREVIR;

ANEMIA; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSGEUSIA; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; RELAPSE; REVIEW; SPLENOMEGALY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PROLINE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RECURRENCE; RIBAVIRIN; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84855221079     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2011.02702.x     Document Type: Review

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