HCV viraemia is more important than genotype as a predictor of response to interferon in Sicily (southern Italy).

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HCV viraemia is more important than genotype as a predictor of response to interferon in Sicily (southern Italy).

Journal of hepatology - 1 Nov 1996

Magrin S, Craxi A, Fabiano C, Marino L, Fiorentino G, Lo Iacono O, Volpes R, Di Marco V, Almasio P, Vaccaro A, Urdea M S, Wilber J C, Bonura C, Gianguzza F, Capursi V, Filiberti S, Stuyver L, Pagliaro L

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BACKGROUND/AIMS: To investigate host- and virus-related factors predictive of early and sustained alanine aminotransferase normalization after interferon therapy for HCV-related chronic liver disease, in an area where genotype 1 is highly prevalent. METHODS: We studied 100 patients with HCV-RNA p...

Topics

Adult
Alanine Transaminase
Antiviral Agents
Base Sequence
Chronic Disease
Female
Genotype
Hepatitis C
Humans
Interferon-alpha
Liver
Liver Cirrhosis
Male
Middle Aged

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Molecular Sequence Data

Nucleic Acid Conformation

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Sicily

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PMID: 8938531
DOI: 10.1016/s0168-8278(96)80224-8

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