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Resistance testing for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C with direct acting antivirals: when and for how long?
1 Mar 2017
Abstract excerpt
The need to test for resistance associated substitutions (RAS) has been intensively debated in the past two years. In the absence of pangenotypic combinations, it seems reasonable that, if available, RAS testing in the NS5A gene at baseline for genotypes 1a and 3 may help to avoid overtreatment in terms of ribavirin usage and/or prolonged treatment duration. When patients fail treatment, RAS testing may also be...
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