Dasabuvir: A new direct antiviral agent for the treatment of hepatitis C

Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 617-624

  Trivella, Juan Pablo ^a   Gutierrez, Julio ^b   Martin, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ABT 333; Antiviral agents; Dasabuvir; Hepatitis C; Polymerase inhibitor; Sustained virological response

Indexed keywords

DASABUVIR; OMBITASVIR; PARITAPREVIR; RITONAVIR; ABT-267; ABT-333; ABT-450; ALPHA INTERFERON; ANILIDE; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MACROCYCLIC COMPOUND; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; RIBAVIRIN; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; SULFONAMIDE; URACIL;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BACKACHE; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PRURITUS; RASH; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS RESISTANCE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANTIVIRAL RESISTANCE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DRUG COMBINATION; METABOLISM;

ANILIDES; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CARBAMATES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DRUG RESISTANCE, VIRAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; MACROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RIBAVIRIN; RNA REPLICASE; SULFONAMIDES; URACIL;

EID: 84922875663     PISSN: 14656566     EISSN: 17447666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14656566.2015.1012493     Document Type: Article

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