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Retreatment of chronic hepatitis C: who and how?
Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver - 1 Jan 2009
Heathcote Jenny
Abstract excerpt
All but about 10% of patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) (predominantly those infected with genotype 1) can respond to some degree to 'combination' therapy with interferon (IFN) and ribavirin. The slower the virological response to treatment, the less likely sustained viral clearance will take place. Many factors influence response to antiviral therapy; most cannot be reversed (e.g. sex, age, cirrhosis,...
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