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Prediction of response to pegylated interferon/ribavirin combination therapy for chronic hepatitis C genotype 1b and high viral load.
Journal of gastroenterology - 1 Oct 2012
Kim Soo Ryang, El-Shamy Ahmed, Imoto Susumu, Kim Ke Ih, Ide Yoshi-hiro, Deng Lin, Shoji Ikuo, Tanaka Yasuhito, Hasegawa Yutaka, Ota Mitsuhiro, Hotta Hak
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BACKGROUND: This study explores pretreatment predictive factors for ultimate virological responses to pegylated interferon-α (1.5 μg/kg/week) and ribavirin (600-1000 mg/day) (PEG-IFN/RBV) combination therapy for patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV)-1b and a high viral load. METHODS: A total of 75 patients underwent PEG-IFN/RBV combination therapy for 48 weeks. HCV amino acid (aa) substitutions in...
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