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Early predictors of antiviral treatment response in liver transplant recipients with recurrent hepatitis C genotype 1.
Journal of viral hepatitis - 1 Oct 2014
Campos-Varela I, Esteban J I, Bes M, Caralt M, Allende H, Rodríguez-Frías F, Salcedo M T, Sauleda S, Charco R, Guardia J, Esteban R, Castells L
Abstract excerpt
The success of current antiviral treatment for hepatitis C virus (HCV) recurrence in liver transplant (LT) recipients remains limited. We aimed at evaluating the value of IL28B genotype and early viral kinetics to predict response to standard treatment in the transplant setting. We retrospectively evaluated 104 LT recipients treated for HCV genotype 1 recurrence between 2001 and 2010. Baseline variables,...
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