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Prediction of virologic response in difficult-to-treat chronic hepatitis C patients during high-dose interferon induction therapy.
Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology - 1 Jan 2008
Gelderblom Huub C, Zaaijer Hans L, Dijkgraaf Marcel G W, Van Der Meer Jan, Weegink Christine J, Jansen Peter L M, Beld Marcel G H M, Reesink Henk W
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OBJECTIVE: To determine (i) whether early viral kinetics or other markers during a modified treatment regimen are predictors of treatment outcome and (ii) whether fast responders can be treated for 24 weeks, without compromising the sustained virologic response (SVR) rate. MATERIAL AND METHODS: One hundred "difficult-to-treat" chronic hepatitis C patients (46 previous non-responders/relapsers (any genotype), 54...
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