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Effects of fatty liver and related factors on the efficacy of combination antiviral therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver - 1 Mar 2006
Jian Wu Yu, Shu Chen Li, Gui Qiang Wang
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Hepatic steatosis is a histological feature in patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) and adversely affects the virologic response rates to anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) therapy. The aim of this study is to investigate whether the fatty liver and related factors have impact on the efficacy in CHC treated with peginterferon and ribavirin, and the associations between HCV genotyping and fatty liver....
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