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Hepatitis C virus Core Antigen as a predictor of non-response in genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C patients treated with peginterferon alpha-2b plus ribavirin.
Journal of hepatology - 1 Mar 2004
Buti Maria, Mendez Claudia, Schaper Melanie, Sauleda Silvia, Valdes Auristela, Rodriguez-Frias Francisco, Jardi Rosendo, Esteban Rafael
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BACKGROUND/AIMS: Chronic hepatitis C patients infected by genotype 1 are the least responsive to combination therapy and therefore monitoring response is important in identifying non-responders quickly, permitting therapy discontinuation and avoiding side effects and costs. We examined the usefulness of measuring total HCV Core Ag in early treatment with peginterferon alpha-2b and ribavirin in genotype 1 patients...
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