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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 categorized into four types (Type I, II, III, IV); the frequencies among the patients were: Type I: 0%, Type II:...
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