Response to interferon in chronic hepatitis C due to mixed genotype infection.

doi:10.1111/j.1440-1746.1996.tb01383.x

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Response to interferon in chronic hepatitis C due to mixed genotype infection.

Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology - 1 Apr 1996

Horiike N, Masumoto T, Michitaka K, Kurose K, Akbar S M, Onji M

Abstract excerpt

We examined the response to interferon (IFN) in patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) due to two different genotypes of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Among 64 CHC patients studied, one (2%) had HCV-RNA genotype I, 36 (56%) had genotype II, 19 (30%) had genotype III, 2 (3%) had genotype IV...

Topics

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Amino Acid Sequence
Base Sequence
Chronic Disease
Female
Genotype
Hepacivirus
Hepatitis C
Humans
Interferon alpha-2
Interferon-alpha
Male
Middle Aged
Molecular Probes
Molecular Sequence Data
RNA, Viral

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