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Hepatic iron contents and response to interferon-alpha in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Relationship to genotypes of hepatitis C virus.
Digestive diseases and sciences - 1 May 1996
Izumi N, Enomoto N, Uchihara M, Murakami T, Ono K, Noguchi O, Miyake S, Nouchi T, Fujisawa K, Marumo F, Sato C
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Recent reports have shown that response to interferon treatment is influenced by hepatic iron contents in patients with chronic hepatitis C. In those reports, however, hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes and serum HCV-RNA levels were not examined. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether hepatic iron contents influence the response to interferon in patients with chronic hepatitis C and whether HCV...
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