Telaprevir/boceprevir era: From bench to bed and back

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 43, 2012, Pages 6183-6188

  Pan, Qiuwei ^a   Peppelenbosch, Maikel P ^a   Janssen, Harry L A ^a   de Knegt, Robert J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Boceprevir; Clinical efficacy; Interferon; Liver transplantation patient; Mechanism of action; Ribavirin; Telaprevir

Indexed keywords

BOCEPREVIR; CYCLOSPORIN A; ERYTHROPOIETIN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; TACROLIMUS; TELAPREVIR;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TOLERANCE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSGEUSIA; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MONOTHERAPY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NEUTROPENIA; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PROPHYLAXIS; RASH; RECURRENT DISEASE; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 84873927750     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i43.6183     Document Type: Article

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