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Long-term histologic improvement and loss of detectable intrahepatic HCV RNA in patients with chronic hepatitis C and sustained response to interferon-alpha therapy.
Annals of internal medicine - 15 Nov 1997
Marcellin P, Boyer N, Gervais A, Martinot M, Pouteau M, Castelnau C, Kilani A, Areias J, Auperin A, Benhamou J P, Degott C, Erlinger S
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BACKGROUND: Less than 20% of patients with chronic hepatitis C have a sustained response to interferon-alpha therapy. The long-term benefit of interferon-alpha with regard to hepatic viral clearance and histologic improvement remains unknown. OBJECTIVE: To determine the long-term biochemical, virologic, and histologic outcomes in patients with chronic hepatitis C who have a sustained response to interferon-alpha...
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