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Triple therapy with boceprevir or telaprevir for prior HCV non-responders.
Best practice & research. Clinical gastroenterology - 1 Aug 2012
Asselah Tarik
Abstract excerpt
Approximately 170 million people are infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) worldwide. Sustained virological response (SVR) is equivalent to viral eradication and associated with a reduction in the risk of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. The treatment for genotype 1 HCV chronic infection is the addition of a protease inhibitor (telaprevir or boceprevir) to the pegylated-interferon (PEG-IFN) plus ribavirin...
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