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Pretreatment viral load and response to prolonged interferon-alpha course for chronic hepatitis C.
Journal of hepatology - 1 Apr 1995
Yuki N, Hayashi N, Kasahara A, Hagiwara H, Takehara T, Oshita M, Katayama K, Fusamoto H, Kamada T
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/AIMS: We investigated the clinical benefit of long-term interferon therapy in chronic hepatitis C in relation to the pretreatment viral load and genotypes. METHODS: Chronic hepatitis C patients were randomly assigned to receive 28-week (n = 45) or 52-week (n = 43) courses of interferon-alpha. The responses were correlated with pretreatment viremic levels assessed by a branched DNA assay and genotypes....
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