Genotype, serum level of hepatitis C virus RNA and liver histology as predictors of response to interferon-alpha 2a therapy in Japanese patients with chronic hepatitis C.

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0676.1996.tb00699.x

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Genotype, serum level of hepatitis C virus RNA and liver histology as predictors of response to interferon-alpha 2a therapy in Japanese patients with chronic hepatitis C.

Liver - 1 Feb 1996

Mizokami M, Orito E, Gibo Y, Suzuki K, Ohba K, Ohno T, Lau J Y

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To determine whether pretreatment HCV-RNA level, hepatitis C virus genotypes, alanine aminotransferase and histology correlate with subsequent response to interferon-alpha therapy or not, serum HCV-RNA levels and genotype were determined by branched DNA signal amplification assay and genotype-spe...

Topics

Alanine Transaminase
Antiviral Agents
Female
Genotype
Hepacivirus
Hepatitis C
Humans
Interferon alpha-2
Interferon-alpha
Liver
Male
Middle Aged
Polymerase Chain Reaction
RNA, Viral
Recombinant Proteins

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PMID: 8868074
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0676.1996.tb00699.x

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