Antiviral treatment of hepatitis c virus infection and factors affecting efficacy

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 19, Issue 47, 2013, Pages 8963-8973

  Zhu, Yan ^a   Chen, Song ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Genotype; Hepatic steatosis; Hepatitis c virus; Il28b protein; Interferon; Polymorphisms; Protease inhibitors; Treatment; Viral load

Indexed keywords

ABT 267; ABT 333; ABT 450; ACH 2928; ALBINTERFERON ALPHA2B; ALISPORIVIR; ASUNAPREVIR; BI 207127; BOCEPREVIR; CYCLOSPORIN; DACLATASVIR; DANOPREVIR; FALDAPREVIR; IDX 791; LEDIPASVIR; LOMIBUVIR; MERICITABINE; MK 5172; NARLAPREVIR; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2A; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2B; PEGINTERFERON LAMBDA; RIBAVIRIN; RITONAVIR; SIMEPREVIR; SOFOSBUVIR; TELAPREVIR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANIPREVIR; VK 985;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; FATIGUE; FATTY LIVER; GENOTYPE; HEADACHE; HEMORRHOID; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY CLEARANCE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; PAIN; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RASH; TASTE DISORDER; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VIRUS LOAD; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA;

GENOTYPE; HEPATIC STEATOSIS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; IL28B PROTEIN; INTERFERON; POLYMORPHISMS; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; TREATMENT; VIRAL LOAD;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, VIRAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84890939899     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i47.8963     Document Type: Article

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