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Safety and efficacy of partial splenic embolization in telaprevir-based triple therapy for chronic hepatitis C.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Jan 2015
Kondo Chisa, Atsukawa Masanori, Tsubota Akihito, Shimada Noritomo, Abe Hiroshi, Itokawa Norio, Nakagawa Ai, Fukuda Takeshi, Matsushita Yoko, Nakatsuka Katsuhisa, Kawamoto Chiaki, Iwakiri Katsuhiko, Aizawa Yoshio, Sakamoto Choitsu
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Pegylated-interferon/ribavirin (peg-IFN/RBV) therapy with a protease inhibitor is the standard therapy for genotype 1b chronic hepatitis C. Despite improving treatment outcomes, patients with thrombocytopenia are often difficult to treat because interferon commonly exacerbates thrombocytopenia. In this study, partial splenic embolization (PSE) was performed in patients with hypersplenism-induced...
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