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Immediate virological response predicts the success of short-term peg-interferon monotherapy for chronic hepatitis C.
World journal of gastroenterology - 28 Mar 2010
Yada Masayoshi, Masumoto Akihide, Yamashita Naoki, Motomura Kenta, Koyanagi Toshimasa, Sakamoto Shigeru
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AIM: To investigate the efficacy of short-term peg-interferon (PEG-IFN) monotherapy for chronic hepatitis C patients who achieved an immediate virological response. METHODS: Defining an "immediate virological response (IVR)" as the loss of serum hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA 7 d after the first adm...
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