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Effect of significant histologic steatosis or steatohepatitis on response to antiviral therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association - 1 Jun 2005
Harrison Stephen A, Brunt Elizabeth M, Qazi Rizwan A, Oliver Dana A, Neuschwander-Tetri Brent A, Di Bisceglie Adrian M, Bacon Bruce R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Treatment of chronic hepatitis C (CHC) results in an average sustained viral response (SVR) rate of 54%-63%. Most previous studies have not separately reported SVR rates for patients who have CHC and concomitant significant hepatic steatosis (>33%) or histologic evidence of steatohepatitis (SH). The aim of this study was to evaluate SVR in patients with CHC plus steatosis or SH on biopsy...
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