Article
Detection of hepatitis C virus by polymerase chain reaction and response to interferon-alpha therapy: relationship to genotypes of hepatitis C virus.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Aug 1992
Yoshioka K, Kakumu S, Wakita T, Ishikawa T, Itoh Y, Takayanagi M, Higashi Y, Shibata M, Morishima T
Abstract excerpt
To investigate the relationship between genotypes of hepatitis C virus and response to interferon-alpha therapy, hepatitis C virus RNA was assayed by polymerase chain reaction with three sets of primers and probes in 70 patients with non-A, non-B chronic hepatitis who received interferon-alpha. Twenty-four patients sustained long-term remissions (complete responders). Polymerase chain reaction for 5'-terminal...
Topics
- Adult
- Base Sequence
- Cloning, Molecular
- Female
- Genotype
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis C
- Humans
- Interferon-alpha
- Male
- Middle Aged
