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Treatment of naive patients with chronic hepatitis C.
Journal of hepatology - 1 Jan 1999
Weiland O
Abstract excerpt
Treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in naive patients with interferon alpha alone or in combination with ribavirin is reviewed. Two placebo-controlled randomised studies including 150 patients have shown that ribavirin as single therapy at standard dosage (15 mg/kg bodyweight in two divided doses daily) only reduces ALT levels transiently during therapy, whereas HCV RNA levels are not...
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