Interferon-alpha treatment of children and young adults with chronic hepatitis delta virus (HDV) infection

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 735-740

  Aziz, Sina ^a   Rajper, Jamila ^a   Noor ul Ain, Wajeeha ^a   Mehnaz, Aisha ^a   Masroor, Muhammad ^a   Chang, Mei Hwei ^b  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Children; HDV; Viral hepatitis; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2A INTERFERON; VIRUS RNA; ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; VIRUS DNA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALOPECIA; ANOREXIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION LOSS; COUGHING; DELTA AGENT HEPATITIS; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG FEVER; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRY SKIN; DYSPEPSIA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INJECTION SITE INFLAMMATION; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; MALAISE; MALE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NAUSEA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORAL BLISTER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRURITUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SIDE EFFECT; SUPERINFECTION; VOMITING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETICS; HEPATITIS D, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PAKISTAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS D, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; MALE; PAKISTAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856037866     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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