Vitamin D level and sustained virologic response to interferon-based antiviral therapy in chronic hepatitis C: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1247-1252

  Kitson, Matthew T ^a,b   Sarrazin, Christoph ^c   Toniutto, Pierluigi ^d   Eslick, Guy D ^e   Roberts, Stuart K ^a,b  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cholecalciferol; Hepatitis C; Interferon; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; PEGINTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN; ALPHA INTERFERON; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2A; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VITAMIN D;

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EMBASE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MIXED INFECTION; PATIENT HISTORY OF LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUSTAINED VIROLOGIC RESPONSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RIBAVIRIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84922833188     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: 16000641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2014.08.004     Document Type: Article

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