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On-treatment predictions of success in peg-interferon/ribavirin treatment using a novel formula.
World journal of gastroenterology - 7 Jan 2010
Saito Hidetsugu, Ebinuma Hirotoshi, Ojiro Keisuke, Wakabayashi Kanji, Inoue Mika, Tada Shinichiro, Hibi Toshifumi
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AIM: To predict treatment success using only simple clinical data from peg-interferon plus ribavirin therapy for chronic hepatitis C. METHODS: We analyzed the clinical data of 176 patients with chronic hepatitis and hepatitis C virus genotype 1 who received 48 wk standard therapy, derived a predictive formula to assess a sustained virological response of the individual patient using a logistic regression model...
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