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Pretreatment serum hepatitis C virus RNA levels and hepatitis C virus genotype are the main and independent prognostic factors of sustained response to interferon alfa therapy in chronic hepatitis C.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Oct 1995
Martinot-Peignoux M, Marcellin P, Pouteau M, Castelnau C, Boyer N, Poliquin M, Degott C, Descombes I, Le Breton V, Milotova V
Abstract excerpt
The aim of the study was to determine the respective influence of pretreatment serum hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA levels and HCV genotype on the response to interferon (IFN) alfa in patients with chronic hepatitis C. We retrospectively studied 141 patients with chronic hepatitis C included in two...
Topics
- Adult
- Chronic Disease
- Female
- Genes, Viral
- Genotype
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis C
- Humans
- Interferon Type I
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Prognosis
- RNA, Viral
- Recombinant Proteins