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Impact of interferon free regimens on clinical and cost outcomes for chronic hepatitis C genotype 1 patients.
Journal of hepatology - 1 Mar 2014
Younossi Zobair M, Singer Mendel E, Mir Heshaam M, Henry Linda, Hunt Sharon
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Hepatitis C (HCV) is a common cause of chronic liver disease worldwide. Current standard treatment for genotype-1 patients uses a triple combination of pegylated-interferon alpha (IFN), ribavirin (RBV) and a direct-acting antiviral agent (DAA) with 75-80% sustained virologic response (SVR) rates. The aim is to determine cost-effectiveness of staging-guided vs. treat all HCV genotype-1 patients...
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