Article
New proposal for response-guided peg-interferon-plus-ribavirin combination therapy for chronic hepatitis C virus genotype 2 infection.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Sept 2013
Abe Hiroshi, Aida Yuta, Ishiguro Haruya, Yoshizawa Kai, Seki Nobuyoshi, Miyazaki Tamihiro, Itagaki Munenori, Sutoh Satoshi, Ika Makiko, Kato Keizo, Shimada Noritomo, Tsubota Akihito, Aizawa Yoshio
Abstract excerpt
This study aimed to determine the most suitable duration of pegylated-interferon (Peg-IFN)-plus-ribavirin combination therapy in patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 2 who had not achieved rapid virological response (serum HCV RNA disappearance after 4 weeks of therapy). HCV genotype 2 patients (n = 182) with a high viral load received >80% of the standard Peg-IFN-plus-ribavirin dose for at...
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