Comparison of first- and second-wave DAAs for HCV GT1: Efficacy, safety, tolerability, and regimen complexity

Hepatology International

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 352-364

  Burman, Blaire E ^a   Kwo, Paul Y ^b   Kowdley, Kris V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct acting antivirals; Hepatitis C

Indexed keywords

ABT 450; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; ASUNAPREVIR; BECLABUVIR; BOCEPREVIR; DACLATASVIR; DASABUVIR; FALDAPREVIR; INTERLEUKIN 28; LEDIPASVIR; METAVIR; OMBITASVIR; PEGINTERFERON; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RIBAVIRIN; RITONAVIR; SIMEPREVIR; SOFOSBUVIR; TELAPREVIR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANEMIA; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRY SKIN; FATIGUE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GENOTYPE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMATURIA; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; IL28 GENE; MONOTHERAPY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RASH; RELAPSE; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VIRAL CLEARANCE; VIRUS INHIBITION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VOMITING;

EID: 84905562381     PISSN: 19360533     EISSN: 19360541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12072-014-9552-6     Document Type: Review

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