Lymphoblastoid interferon alfa with or without steroid pretreatment in children with chronic hepatitis B: A multicenter controlled trial

Hepatology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 700-707

  Gregorio, Germana V ^a   Jara, Paloma ^b   Hierro, Loreto ^b   Diaz, Carmen ^b   De La Vega, Angela ^b   Vegnente, Angela ^c   Iorio, Raffaele ^c   Bortolotti, Flavia ^d   Criyellaro, Carlo ^d   Zancan, Lucia ^d   Daniels, Helena ^a   Portmann, Bernard ^a   Mieli Vergani, Giorgina ^a,e  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL INFANTIL LA PAZ   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHAN1 INTERFERON; CORTICOSTEROID; HEPATITIS E ANTIGEN; PREDNISOLONE; VIRUS DNA;

ACNE; ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; CUSHING DISEASE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYALGIA; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEROCONVERSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS HEPATITIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 9244231148     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.1996.v23.pm0008666320     Document Type: Article

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