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Neutropenia and viral load decline during treatment of hepatitis C virus genotype-4.
The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology - 1 Dec 2014
Amer Aliaa, Shebl Fatma, Derbala Moutaz
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BACKGROUND/AIMS: Neutrophil count and magnitude of decrease from baseline are not correlated with infection rate in recipients of interferon-based therapy for hepatitis C (HCV). The association of neutropenia with viral response raises the potential dilemma of trying to maintain patients on therapy despite adverse events. We studied the relationship between early viral clearance in response to treatment, and...
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