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Ribavirin dose reduction during telaprevir/ribavirin/peg-interferon therapy overcomes the effect of the ITPA gene polymorphism.
Journal of viral hepatitis - 1 Feb 2015
Akamatsu S, Hayes C N, Tsuge M, Murakami E, Hiraga N, Abe H, Miki D, Imamura M, Ochi H, Chayama K
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Treatment success of chronic hepatitis C virus genotype 1 infection has improved with the advent of telaprevir plus peg-interferon/ribavirin triple combination therapy. However, the effect of inosine triphosphatase (ITPA) polymorphism on dose reduction during triple therapy, especially during the...
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