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[Predicting sustained virological response in chronic hepatitis C patients treated with pegylated interferon and ribavirin using a novel highly sensitive Real-time detection PCR assay].
Rinsho byori. The Japanese journal of clinical pathology - 1 Nov 2007
Matsuura Kentaro, Tanaka Yasuhito, Takagi Kazumi, Hiramatsu Kumiko, Kani Satomi, Gotoh Takaaki, Wakimoto Yukio, Joh Takashi, Mizokami Masashi
Abstract excerpt
The Abbott Real Time HCV assay (lower limit of detection 12 IU/ml) was developed as a highly sensitive HCV RNA quantitative assay using real-time detection PCR(RTD-PCR). We assessed whether the new assay more effectively predicts sustained virological response (SVR) than conventional PCR (PCR) in 38 chronic hepatitis patients infected with HCV genotype 1b and treated with pegylated interferon alpha2b plus...
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