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Double-filtration plasmapheresis plus IFN for HCV-1b patients with non-sustained virological response to previous combination therapy: early viral dynamics.
Intervirology - 1 Jan 2010
Kim Soo Ryang, Imoto Susumu, Kudo Masatoshi, Mita Keiji, Taniguchi Miyuki, Kim Ke Ih, Sasase Noriko, Shoji Ikuo, Nagano-Fujii Motoko, El-Shamy Ahmed, Hotta Hak, Nagai Tomoyuki, Nagata Yoshiaki, Hayashi Yoshitake
Abstract excerpt
Double-filtration plasmapheresis (DFPP) was approved in Japan in April 2008 for the retreatment of chronic hepatitis C patients with genotype 1b and high viral loads, whose hepatitis C virus was not eradicated by earlier IFN therapy or by pegylated IFN plus ribavirin (PEG-IFN/RBV) combination therapy. In this study, we assessed the early viral dynamics of 9 patients with non-sustained virological response to the...
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