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Meta-analysis: the outcome of anti-viral therapy in HCV genotype 2 and genotype 3 infected patients with chronic hepatitis.
Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics - 15 Aug 2008
Andriulli A, Mangia A, Iacobellis A, Ippolito A, Leandro G, Zeuzem S
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BACKGROUND: Anti-viral therapy seems more successful in HCV genotype 2 than genotype 3-infected patients. AIM: To report sustained virological response (SVR) rates for HCV-2 and HCV-3 infection. METHODS: Meta-analyses were carried out on SVR data on 2275 patients treated for 24 weeks in eight individual trials and on 968 patients with rapid virological response (RVR) treated for 12-16 weeks or 24 weeks in four...
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