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Ribavirin rather than PEG-interferon pharmacodynamics predict nonresponse to antiviral therapy in naive chronic hepatitis C patients.
Journal of viral hepatitis - 1 Jan 2012
van Vlerken L G, Huisman E J, van Soest H, Boland G J, Drenth J P H, Siersema P D, Burger D M, van Erpecum K J
Abstract excerpt
Twenty to fifty per cent of patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) experience nonresponse to current antiviral therapy, which may relate in part to ribavirin or PEG-interferon pharmacodynamics. We evaluated potential relevance of various factors for nonresponse. Two hundred forty-two naive CHC patients who received in a previous trial at least 24 weeks of antiviral therapy, including PEG-interferon alfa-2b and...
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