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Long-term persistence of anti-rods and rings antibodies in patients with chronic hepatitis C after antiviral treatment.
Immunologic research - 1 Oct 2018
da Silva Sacerdote Ana Beatriz, Filgueira Norma Arteiro, de Barros Barreto Silvana, Batista Andréa Dória, Lopes Edmundo Pessoa
Abstract excerpt
Anti-rods and rings (anti-RR) antibodies are related to hepatitis C virus (HCV) in patients treated with pegylated interferon (PEG-IFN) and ribavirin (RBV). Only RBV induces rods/rings structures in vitro; but in vivo, the antibody appearance is related to the combination of these drugs, because data about patients using just one of these drugs alone is missing. Some studies suggest disappearance of these...
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