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Changes in serum levels of hepatitis C virus genotype 1b monitored by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction as a predictor of long term response to interferon-alpha treatment.
The American journal of gastroenterology - 1 Feb 2002
Enomoto Masaru, Nishiguchi Shuhei, Shiomi Susumu, Tanaka Motoharu, Yokogawa Tadashi, Fukuda Katsuhiko, Ueda Tadashi, Tamori Akihiro, Habu Daiki, Takeda Tadashi, Yano Yoshihisa, Otani Shuzo
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to find whether there is a relationship between the changes in the amounts of hepatitis C virus (HCV) at the start of interferon treatment and the long term response to therapy. METHODS: In 20 patients with HCV genotype 1b each given 880 MU of interferon-alpha, the changes in serum HCV RNA during the first 2 wk of therapy were monitored by real-time quantitative polymerase...
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