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Safety and Efficacy of Combined Treatment with Pegylated Interferon Alpha-2b and Ribavirin for HCV Genotype 4 in Children.
Journal of interferon & cytokine research : the official journal of the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research - 1 Jan 2016
El-Karaksy Hanaa M, Mogahed Engy A, El-Raziky Mona S, Saleh Doaa, Besheer Mahmoud, Mubarak Samah
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Combined treatment with pegylated interferon (PEG-IFN)-α2b and ribavirin (RBV) is the only currently approved treatment for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in children. The aim of this study was to assess the safety and efficacy of combined treatment with PEG-IFN-α2b and RBV in Egyptian children and adolescents with genotype 4 (GT4) HCV infection. The study included 66 patients (3-17 years of age), of both...
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