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Effectiveness And Safety Of Direct Acting Antiviral Agents In Thalassaemic Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C.
Journal of Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad : JAMC - 1 Jan 2000
Parkash Arit, Merchant Ayesha Altaf, Ahmed Syed Habib, Hussain Wajid, Hayat Muhammad, Memon Nadeem Ahmed
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BACKGROUND: Pakistan has the highest prevalence of Β-Thalassemia major in children and Chronic Hepatitis C (HCV) infection is a common transfusion transmitted infection. After the emergence of new generations of Antiviral drugs labelled as Direct Acting Antivirals (DAAs), substantial eradication of HCV has been reported as 90-95% with fewer side effects as compared to older regimen of Peginterferon with or...
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