Real Response to Therapy in Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Patients: A study from Iran

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Namazee, Najmeh ^a   Sali, Shahnaz ^a   Asadi, Sorour ^a   Shafiei, Mostafa ^b   Behnava, Bita ^b   Alavian, Seyed Moayed ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Baqiatallah University of Medical Sciences   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chronic Peginterferon Alfa 2a Ribavirin; Hepatitis C

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2A; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SAFETY; DRY SKIN; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENOTYPE; HAIR LOSS; HEADACHE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; IRAN; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; NEUTROPENIA; OPEN STUDY; PRURITUS; RASH; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 84867492019     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/hepatmon.6151     Document Type: Article

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