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Hepatitis C virus protease inhibitor-resistance mutations: our experience and review.
World journal of gastroenterology - 21 Dec 2013
Wu Shuang, Kanda Tatsuo, Nakamoto Shingo, Imazeki Fumio, Yokosuka Osamu
Abstract excerpt
Direct-acting antiviral agents (DAAs) for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are one of the major advances in its medical treatment. The HCV protease inhibitors boceprevir and telaprevir were the first approved DAAs in the United States, Europe, and Japan. When combined with peginterferon plus ribavirin, these agents increase sustained virologic response rates to 70%-80% in treatment-naïve patients and...
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