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Dynamics of hepatitis C virus monitored by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction during first 2 weeks of IFN-beta treatment are predictive of long-term therapeutic response.
Journal of interferon & cytokine research : the official journal of the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research - 1 Mar 2002
Enomoto Masaru, Nishiguchi Shuhei, Tanaka Motoharu, Fukuda Katsuhiko, Ueda Tadashi, Tamori Akihiro, Habu Daiki, Takeda Tadashi, Shiomi Susumu, Yano Yoshihisa, Otani Shuzo
Abstract excerpt
The relation between the change in hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA levels at the start of interferon-beta (IFN-beta) treatment and the long-term therapeutic response remains poorly defined. In 20 patients with chronic hepatitis C who received IFN-beta (total dose 126-756 MU), the changes in serum HCV RNA during the first 2 weeks of therapy were monitored by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The...
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