Prompt decrease of circulating hepatitis C virus in patients with chronic hepatitis C after treatment with interferon.

doi:10.1089/jir.1994.14.239

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Prompt decrease of circulating hepatitis C virus in patients with chronic hepatitis C after treatment with interferon.

Journal of interferon research - 1 Oct 1994

Saitoh H, Naitoh S, Okamoto H, Akahane Y

Abstract excerpt

Patients with chronic hepatitis C were treated with interferon (IFN) and followed for hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA and antibody to HCV (anti-HCV) in serum. The response was correlated with decrease in serum levels of HCV RNA, as well as HCV genotypes and liver histopathology. Response to IFN, esti...

Topics

Alanine Transaminase
Chronic Disease
Follow-Up Studies
Genotype
Hepacivirus
Hepatitis Antibodies
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis C Antibodies
Humans
Interferons
RNA, Viral
Time Factors
Titrimetry

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