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Is the rapid virologic response a positive predictive factor of sustained virologic response in all pretreatment status genotype 1 hepatitis c patients treated with peginterferon-alpha2b and ribavirin?
Journal of clinical gastroenterology - 1 Apr 2009
de Segadas-Soares Jorge André, Villela-Nogueira Cristiane A, Perez Renata M, Nabuco Letícia C, Brandão-Mello Carlos Eduardo, Coelho Henrique Sérgio M
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Currently it is not yet defined if the rapid virologic response (RVR) can predict a sustained virologic response (SVR) in relapsers and nonresponders. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate treatment-RVR as a predictive factor of SVR in genotype 1 hepatitis C treatment naive, relapsers, and nonresponder patients treated with pegylated interferon-alpha (PEG-IFN-alpha2b) and ribavirin. METHODS: One hundred...
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