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The Cochrane Hepato‐Biliary Group Controlled Trials Register

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('interferon alfa' or 'interferon alpha' or 'intron A' or 'roferon A' or 'pegylated interferon‐2a' or 'pegylated interferon‐2b' or pegasus or pegasys or pegintron or viraferonPeg or peginterferon or peg‐ifn) AND (ribavirin or rebetol or virazole or ribasphere or copegus) AND 'hepatitis C'

The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) in The Cochrane Library

Latest issue.

#1ALPHA‐INTERFERON explode all trees (MeSH)
#2INTERFERON ALFA‐2A explode all trees (MeSH)
#3INTERFERON ALFA‐2B explode all trees (MeSH)
#4((interferon next alfa) or (interferon next alpha) or intron or roferon or (pegylated next interferon‐2a) or (pegylated next interferon‐2b) or pegasus or pegasys or pegintron or viraferonpeg or peginterferon or peg‐ifn)
#5(#1 or #2 or #3 or #4)
#6RIBAVIRIN explode all trees (MeSH)
#7(ribavirin or rebetol or virazole or ribasphere or copegus)
#8(#6 or #7)
#9CHRONIC HEPATITIS C explode all trees (MeSH)
#10(hepatitis next c)
#11(#9 or #10)
#12(#5 and #8 and #11)

MEDLINE (Ovid SP)

1950 to the date the search is performed.

#1explode "Interferon‐alpha"/ all subheadings
#2explode "Interferon‐Alfa‐2b"/ all subheadings
#3explode "Interferon‐Alfa‐2a"/ all subheadings
#4interferon al*a or intron A or roferon A or pegylated interferon‐2a or pegylated interferon‐2b or pegas*s or pegintron or viraferonPeg or peginterferon or peg‐ifn
#5 #1 or #2 or #3 or #4
#6explode "Ribavirin"/ all subheadings
#7ribavirin or rebetol or virazole or ribasphere or copegus
#8 #6 or #7
#9explode "Hepatitis‐C‐Chronic"/ all subheadings
#10hepatitis c
#11 #9 or #10
#12 #5 and #8 and #11
#13 random* or blind* or placebo* or meta‐analysis
#14 #12 and #13

EMBASE (Ovid SP)

1980 to the date the search is performed.

#1explode "alpha‐interferon"/ all subheadings
#2explode "recombinant‐alpha2b‐interferon"/ all subheadings
#3explode "recombinant‐alpha2a‐interferon"/ all subheadings
#4explode "peginterferon"/ all subheadings
#5explode "peginterferon‐alpha2a"/ all subheadings
#6explode "peginterferon‐alpha2b"/ all subheadings
#7interferon al*a or intron A or roferon A or pegylated interferon‐2a or pegylated interferon‐2b or pegas*s or pegintron or viraferonPeg or peginterferon or peg‐ifn
#8 #1 or #2 or #3 or #4 or #5 or #6 or #7
#9explode "ribavirin"/ all subheadings
#10ribavirin or rebetol or virazole or ribasphere or copegus
#11 #9 or #10
#12explode "hepatitis‐C"/ all subheadings
#13hepatitis c
#14 #12 or #13
#15 #8 and #11 and #14
#16random* or blind* or placebo* or meta‐analysis
#17 #15 and #16

Science Citation Index Expanded (http://apps.isiknowledge.com)

1900 to the date the search is performed.

#1 TS=(interferon al*a or intron A or roferon A or pegylated interferon‐2a or pegylated interferon‐2b or pegas*s or pegintron or viraferonPeg or peginterferon or peg‐ifn)
#2 TS=(ribavirin or rebetol or virazole or ribasphere or copegus)
#3 TS=hepatitis c
#4 TS=(random* or blind* or placebo* or meta‐analysis)
#5 #4 AND #3 AND #2 AND #1

LILACS

1980 to the date the search is performed.

interferon AND ribavirin AND hepatitis C