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Optimal therapy in hepatitis C virus genotypes 2 and 3 patients.
Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver - 1 Jan 2011
Petta Salvatore, Craxì Antonio
Abstract excerpt
Current guidelines recommend that patients with genotype 2 (G2) and 3 (G3) chronic hepatitis C be treated with pegylated interferon (PEG-IFN) plus low doses of ribavirin (800 mg/day) for 24 weeks, resulting in a sustained virological response (SVR) rate of approximately 80%. Considering these high response rates, several recent randomized trials have assessed whether shorter treatment (12-16 weeks) could be...
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