Article
Serum HCV RNA titer at the end of interferon therapy predicts the long-term outcome of treatment.
Journal of hepatology - 1 Nov 1995
Aiyama T, Yoshioka K, Takayanagi M, Iwata K, Okumura A, Kakumu S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Serum HCV RNA was quantitated by the competitive polymerase chain reaction before, at the end of, and after interferon therapy. We assessed whether serum HCV RNA titer at the end of interferon therapy predicts the long-term outcome of treatment. METHODS/RESULTS: Of 71 patients tr...
Topics
- Adult
- Base Sequence
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Drug Administration Schedule
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Genotype
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis C
- Humans
- Interferons
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- RNA, Viral
- Retrospective Studies
- Titrimetry