Article
Interferon therapy in chronic hepatitis C virus: evidence of different outcome with respect to different viral strains.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Apr 1995
Pozzato G, Moretti M, Crocé L S, Sasso F, Kaneko S, Unoura M, Kobayashi K, Crovatto M, Santini G, Tiribelli C
Abstract excerpt
The aim of the study was to assess the role of different viral strains of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in determining the outcome of the alpha-interferon (IFN) therapy. Fifty-seven patients (34 from Italy and 23 from Japan) with HCV-positive liver disease were enrolled in the study. The NS4 region of...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Base Sequence
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Genotype
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis C
- Humans
- Interferon alpha-2
- Interferon-alpha
- Italy
- Japan
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Sequence Data
- RNA, Viral
- Recombinant Proteins