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Ribavirin therapy for hepatitis E virus-induced acute on chronic liver failure: a preliminary report.
Antiviral therapy - 1 Jan 2012
Goyal Rohit, Kumar Ajay, Panda Subrat K, Paul Shashi B, Acharya Subrat K
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a common cause of acute on chronic liver failure (ACLF) in HEV hyperendemic regions with high mortality. Treatment for HEV-induced ACLF is currently not available. Recently, efficacy of ribavirin in genotype 3 chronic hepatitis E patients has been reported; however, whether ribavirin is effective in genotype 1 HEV infection is not yet known. The present study includes four patients with...
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