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Response-guided therapy for chronic hepatitis C virus infection in patients coinfected with HIV: a pilot trial.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 15 Apr 2009
Van den Eynde Eva, Crespo Manuel, Esteban Juan I, Jardi Rosend, Ribera Esteban, Carbonell Judit, Rodríguez-Frias Francisco, Falco Vicenç, Curran Adrià, Imaz Arkaitz, Villar del Saz Sara, Ocaña Inma, Esteban Rafael, Pahissa Albert
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BACKGROUND: To study the feasibility of a response-guided therapy for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in patients coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in a tertiary care hospital. METHODS: Treatment duration was individualized on the basis of week 4 and week 12 virologic response. Sixty patients were enrolled and received pegylated interferon alfa-2b (1.5 microg/kg per week) plus...
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