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The efficacy of short-term interferon-beta therapy for chronic hepatitis C patients with low virus load.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Jan 2008
Kawamura Yusuke, Arase Yasuji, Ikeda Kenji, Suzuki Fumitaka, Suzuki Yoshiyuki, Kobayashi Masahiro, Akuta Norio, Hosaka Tetsuya, Sezaki Hitomi, Yatsuji Hiromi, Kobayashi Mariko, Kumada Hiromitsu
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to elucidate the efficacy of short-term interferon (IFN) therapy for chronic hepatitis C patients with low virus load. METHODS: The present study was a retrospective cohort study. Inclusion criteria were biopsy-proven chronic hepatitis, the serum hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA level of less than 100 KIU/ml, IFN period of 8 weeks or less. One hundred and eleven consecutive...
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