Article
A statistical analysis of predictive factors of response to human lymphoblastoid interferon in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
The American journal of gastroenterology - 1 Dec 1994
Hayashi J, Ohmiya M, Kishihara Y, Tani Y, Kinukawa N, Ikematsu H, Kashiwagi S
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine markers predictive of effective interferon treatment for patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, we studied 80 Japanese patients treated for 6 months with natural interferon-alpha. METHODS: Serum samples were tested for HCV RNA by two-stage polymerase chai...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Base Sequence
- Female
- Genotype
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis C
- Humans
- Interferon Type I
- Logistic Models
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Predictive Value of Tests
- RNA, Viral
- Treatment Outcome