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Influence of pre-treatment factors on outcome of interferon-alpha treatment of patients with chronic hepatitis C.
Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 1999
Weiland O, Braconier J H, Frydén A, Norkrans G, Reichard O, Uhnoo I
Abstract excerpt
A total of 172 Swedish patients treated with interferon-alpha for at least 24 weeks and followed-up > or =24 weeks after treatment was stopped were analysed for pre-treatment factors of importance for achieving a virological sustained response (SR). Furthermore, the predictive value for a virological SR of a positive or negative HCV RNA test at week 12 of treatment was evaluated. A low baseline viral load and...
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