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Rapid virological response is the most important predictor of sustained virological response across genotypes in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection.
Journal of hepatology - 1 Jul 2011
Fried Michael W, Hadziyannis Stephanos J, Shiffman Mitchell L, Messinger Diethelm, Zeuzem Stefan
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: The probability of response to peginterferon and ribavirin is associated with numerous host and virological factors. Attainment of a rapid virological response (RVR), defined as undetectable HCV RNA at week 4 during treatment with peginterferon and ribavirin, is highly predictive of sustained virological response (SVR). The aim of the present study was to determine the relative importance of...
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