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Utility of week-4 viral response to tailor treatment duration in hepatitis C virus genotype 3/HIV co-infected patients.
AIDS (London, England) - 19 Feb 2007
Crespo Manuel, Esteban Juan I, Ribera Esteban, Falco Vicenç, Sauleda Silvia, Buti María, Esteban Rafael, Guardia Jaime, Ocaña Inma, Pahissa Albert
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the utility of a week-4 virological response for sustained response prediction in hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 3/HIV-co-infected patients treated with interferon and ribavirin for 24 weeks. METHODS: Using a real-time polymerase chain reaction-based quantitative assay (COBAS AmpliPrep-COBAS-TaqMan 48; Roche Diagnostics) we retrospectively analysed samples obtained at baseline and...
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