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[Efficacy of initial treatment with peginterferon alpha-2a versus peginterferon alpha-2b in combination with ribavirin in naive chronic hepatitis C patients living in Daejeon and Chungcheong Province in Korea: a comparative study].
The Korean journal of hepatology - 1 Dec 2008
Kim Jeong Il, Kim Seok Hyun, Lee Byung Seok, Lee Heon Young, Lee Tae Hee, Kang Young Woo, Lee Hyang Ie, Kim An Na, Nam Soon Woo, Park Byeong Chool, Chae Hee Bok, Kim Seok Bae, Song Il Han, Park Ji Young, Kim Hong Su
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUNDS/AIMS: Peginterferon alpha-2a or -2b is the standard treatment regimen in chronic hepatitis C. However, there have been few comparative studies of the efficacies of these two types of peginterferon. We evaluated their efficacies in combination with ribavirin as a initial treatment for chronic hepatitis C. METHODS: Ninety-seven patients were treated with peginterferon alpha-2a (180 microg/week, n=48) or...
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