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Impact of vitamin D supplementation on sustained virological response in chronic hepatitis C genotype 4 patients treated by pegylated interferon/ribavirin.
Journal of interferon & cytokine research : the official journal of the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research - 1 Jan 2015
Esmat Gamal, El Raziky Maissa, Elsharkawy Aisha, Sabry Dina, Hassany Mohamed, Ahmed Amal, Assem Noha, El Kassas Mohamad, Doss Wahid
Abstract excerpt
The current standard of care therapy (SOC) for chronic HCV is pegylated interferon/ribavirin (Peg-IFN/RBV). Many reports showed the possible role of vitamin D supplementation in augmenting the response to SOC. The aim of this study was to assess the role of vitamin D supplementation on the response to treatment in chronic HCV genotype 4 patients. One hundred and one chronic HCV patients were classified into two...
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