Article
[The treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus infection in children].
Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde - 9 Apr 2005
Koot B G P, Benninga M A, Weegink C J, Peters M
Abstract excerpt
A 9-year-old boy, a 15-year-old boy, and a 6-year-old girl were infected with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV). They had no physical complaints and a virus genotype that was favourable to treatment with peginterferon-alpha and ribavirin. The younger boy and the girl had liver fibrosis and were treated for 6 months; the virus was eradicated from the boy's plasma and the fibrosis diminished, while the girl's plasma...
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