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Vitamin D level and sustained virologic response to interferon-based antiviral therapy in chronic hepatitis C: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Journal of hepatology - 1 Dec 2014
Kitson Matthew T, Sarrazin Christoph, Toniutto Pierluigi, Eslick Guy D, Roberts Stuart K
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: The baseline 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) level has recently been reported to be an independent predictor of sustained virologic response (SVR) to treatment with pegylated interferon (PEG-IFN) plus ribavirin (RBV) for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. However, studies have yielded inconsistent results. Thus, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to clarify any association...
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