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The Severity of Depressive Symptoms as an Independent Predictor of Sustained Virological Response During Treatment of Hepatitis C With Pegylated Interferon-α2a and Oral Ribavirin.
Psychosomatic medicine - 1 Jan 2000
Pawłowski Tomasz, Radkowski Marek, Perlejewski Karol, Laskus Tomasz, Małyszczak Krzysztof
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Sustained virological response (SVR) is the best indicator of successful therapy for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Patients with chronic HCV infection treated with pegylated interferon-α and ribavirin (PEG-IFN-α/RBV) can achieve SVR 56% of the time. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to evaluate baseline predictors of SVR in patients treated with PEG-IFN-α/RBV for HCV chronic infection. METHODS: A...
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