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Patient's age modifies the impact of the proposed predictors of sustained virological response in chronic hepatitis C patients treated with PEG-interferon plus ribavirin.
European journal of internal medicine - 1 Jun 2008
Elefsiniotis Ioannis S, Pavlidis Christos, Ketikoglou Ioannis, Koutsounas Sotirios, Scarmeas Nikolaos, Pantazis Konstantinos D, Moulakakis Antonios, Tsianos Epameinondas V
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of patient's age on the impact of typically proposed predictors of sustained virological response (SVR) in treatment-naïve, high-pretreatment viral load (>700.000 IU/ml), chronic hepatitis C (CHC) patients treated under real-life conditions in Greece. METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed 185 CHC patients (14.4% cirrhotics) who had been treated with...
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