Article
Baseline factors and early viral response (week 4) to antiviral therapy with peginterferon and ribavirin for predicting sustained virologic response in patients infected with hepatitis C virus genotype 1: a multicenter study.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jan 2013
Toyoda Hidenori, Kumada Takashi, Shimada Noritomo, Takaguchi Koichi, Ide Tatsuya, Sata Michio, Ginba Hiroyuki, Matsuyama Kazuhiro, Izumi Namiki
Abstract excerpt
Both baseline predictive factors and viral response at week 4 of therapy are reported to have high predictive ability for sustained virologic response to peginterferon and ribavirin combination therapy in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1. However, it is not clear how these baseline variables and week 4 response should be combined to predict sustained virologic response. In this multicenter study,...
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