Predictive factors of a response to interferon therapy in chronic hepatitis C.

doi:10.1097/00004836-199610000-00006

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Predictive factors of a response to interferon therapy in chronic hepatitis C.

Journal of clinical gastroenterology - 1 Oct 1996

Nomura H, Kimura Y, Tada H, Hisano C, Morita C, Okamoto O, Shiraishi G, Kashiwagi S

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To determine predictive factors of response to interferon (IFN) therapy in chronic hepatitis C patients, we administered IFN-alpha, 1 6 million U1 intramuscularly daily for 2 consecutive weeks, then three times a week, to 136 patients judged to have chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection accor...

Topics

Adult
Antiviral Agents
Base Sequence
Chronic Disease
Genotype
Hepacivirus
Hepatitis C
Humans
Interferon-alpha
Male
Middle Aged
Molecular Sequence Data
RNA, Viral
Regression Analysis

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