Article
Clearance of serum hepatitis C virus RNA after interferon therapy in relation to virus genotype.
Liver - 1 Aug 1995
Kanai K, Kako M, Aikawa T, Kumada T, Kawasaki T, Hatahara T, Oka Y, Mizokami M, Sakai T, Iwata K
Abstract excerpt
The effect of recombinant interferon-alfa on serum HCV RNA levels in Japanese patients with chronic hepatitis C was investigated. At 24 weeks of treatment, 41 (32.5%) of 126 patients lost HCV RNA from serum, and aminotransferases were normalized in 31 (75.6%) of these 41 cases. HCV genotypes were...
Topics
- Alanine Transaminase
- Antiviral Agents
- Base Sequence
- DNA Primers
- Female
- Genotype
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis C
- Humans
- Interferon alpha-2
- Interferon-alpha
- Japan
- Male
- Metabolic Clearance Rate
- Molecular Sequence Data
- RNA, Viral
- Recombinant Proteins