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Chronic hepatitis C: the viral load per liver cell before treatment as a new marker to predict long-term response to IFN-alpha therapy.
Journal of hepatology - 1 Nov 1997
Schlaak J F, Trippler M, Ernst I, Meyer zum Büschenfelde K H, Gerken G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/AIMS: So far, there are no reliable parameters that can predict the long-term sustained response to treatment with interferon-alpha in patients with chronic hepatitis C. In this study, we have developed a semi-quantitative method to determine the viral load per liver cell and have correlated this factor with the outcome of hepatitis C patients treated with interferon-alpha. METHODS: Hepatitis C virus...
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