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Treatment of hepatitis C virus genotype 4 with peginterferon alfa-2a: impact of bilharziasis and fibrosis stage.
World journal of gastroenterology - 21 Sept 2006
Derbala M F, Al Kaabi S R, El Dweik N Z, Pasic F, Butt M T, Yakoob R, Al-Marri A, Amer A M, Morad N, Bener A
Abstract excerpt
AIM: To evaluate pegylated interferon alpha2a (PegIFN-alpha2a) in Egyptian patients with HCV genotype 4, and the impact of pretreatment viral load, co-existent bilharziasis and histological liver changes on response rate. METHODS: A total of 73 naive patients (61 with history of bilharziasis) with compensated chronic HCV genotype 4 were enrolled into: group A (38 patients) who received 180 mg PegIFN-alpha2a...
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