Acute hepatitis C in Spain: A retrospective study of 131 cases

Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-28

  Pérez Álvarez, Ramón ^a   García Samaniego, Javier ^b   Solà, Ricard ^c   Pérez López, Rosa ^a   Bárcena, Rafael ^d   Planas, Ramón ^b   Cañete, Nuria ^c   Manzano, María Luisa ^e   Gutiérrez, María Luisa ^f   Morano, Luis ^g   Rodrigo, Luis ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN ALCORCÓN   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL DO MEIXOEIRO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute HCV; Acute hepatitis C; HCV; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; BILIRUBIN; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2A; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2B; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE HEPATITIS C; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPAIN; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 84856657310     PISSN: 11300108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4321/S1130-01082012000100005     Document Type: Article

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