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Clinical milestones for the prediction of severe anemia by chronic hepatitis C patients receiving telaprevir-based triple therapy.
Journal of hepatology - 1 Oct 2013
Ogawa Eiichi, Furusyo Norihiro, Nakamuta Makoto, Kajiwara Eiji, Nomura Hideyuki, Dohmen Kazufumi, Takahashi Kazuhiro, Satoh Takeaki, Azuma Koichi, Kawano Akira, Tanabe Yuichi, Kotoh Kazuhiro, Shimoda Shinji, Hayashi Jun
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Anemia is a common adverse effect of telaprevir (TVR) in combination with pegylated interferon (PegIFN)α and ribavirin (RBV) therapy. It occurs at a higher incidence with the TVR relative to PegIFNα and RBV alone. We herein evaluate the baseline and on-treatment predictors of the development of severe anemia by chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) patients receiving TVR-based triple therapy....
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