Impact of sustained virologic response on quality of life in chronic HVC carriers

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 399-407

  Daltro Oliveira, Renato ^a   Morais de Jesus, Mychelle ^a   Pettersen, Karine Miranda ^a   Paraná, Raymundo ^a   Quarantini, Lucas C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis C; Meta analysis; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA INTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); FIBROSIS; HEALTH STATUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; META ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SHORT FORM 36; SUSTAINED VIROLOGIC RESPONSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIRAL CLEARANCE; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS IMMUNITY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84885731246     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31002-6     Document Type: Article

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