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Efficacy and safety of combination therapy of natural human interferon beta and ribavirin in chronic hepatitis C patients with genotype 1b and high virus load.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Jan 2010
Arase Yasuji, Suzuki Fumitaka, Akuta Norio, Sezaki Hitomi, Suzuki Yoshiyuki, Kawamura Yusuke, Kobayashi Masahiro, Hosaka Tetsuya, Yatsuji Hiromi, Hirakawa Miharu, Saito Satoshi, Ikeda Kenji, Kobayashi Mariko, Kumada Hiromitsu
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OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of combination therapy of natural human interferon-beta and ribavirin in patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1b. METHODS: Inclusion criteria were HCV-genotype 1b, serum HCV RNA level of >or=100 KIU/ml before the initiation of treatment. A total of 40 patients were enrolled in this retrospective cohort study. The treatment period of...
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