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Prolonged PEG-IFN and RBV is effective in patients with HCV genotype 1 and high viral load who achieved virological response later than 24 weeks.
Intervirology - 1 Jan 2010
Ueda Taisuke, Chung Hobyung, Kudo Masatoshi, Ishikawa Emi, Hayaishi Sousuke, Tatsumi Chie, Inoue Tatsuo, Yada Norihisa, Hagiwara Satoru, Minami Yasunori, Ueshima Kazuomi
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The extension of treatment duration has been proposed in late virological responders with hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1 and high viral load. However, the effectiveness of extended treatment in patients whose serum HCV RNA become undetectable later than 24 weeks of treatment (ultra-late virological responder; ULVR) has not yet been determined. METHODS: A total of 130 patients infected with HCV...
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