Improvement in quality of life measures in patients with refractory hepatitis C, responding to re-treatment with Pegylated interferon alpha -2b and ribavirin.

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Published in Health Qual Life Outcomes on May 12, 2006

Authors

Abraham Mathew1, Laurie P Peiffer, Kathy Rhoades, Thomas J McGarrity

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Milton S, Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, P,O, Box 850, H045 Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033-0850, USA. amathew@psu.edu

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