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Patient education improves adherence to peg-interferon and ribavirin in chronic genotype 2 or 3 hepatitis C virus infection: a prospective, real-life, observational study.
World journal of gastroenterology - 28 Oct 2008
Cacoub Patrice, Ouzan Denis, Melin Pascal, Lang Jean-Philippe, Rotily Michel, Fontanges Thierry, Varastet Marina, Chousterman Michel, Marcellin Patrick
Abstract excerpt
AIM: To evaluate the impact of therapeutic education on adherence to antiviral treatment and sustained virological response (SVR) in a real-life setting in genotype 2/3 hepatitis C, as there are few adherence data in genotype 2/3 infection, even from randomized trials. METHODS: This prospective survey included genotype 2/3 patients who received peg-interferon alfa-2b and ribavirin. There was no intervention....
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