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Treatment of chronic hepatitis C: anticipated impact of resistance in patients treated with protease inhibitors.
Current gastroenterology reports - 1 Feb 2009
Kronenberger Bernd, Zeuzem Stefan
Abstract excerpt
A main target of specifically targeted antiviral therapy for hepatitis C (STAT-C) is the NS3-protease, which has key functions in the hepatitis C virus (HCV) replication cycle. HCV/NS3-protease inhibitors have shown high antiviral activity in vitro and in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Protease-resistant HCV variants occurred rapidly in patients receiving protease-inhibitor monotherapy. The development of...
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