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[HCV RNA clearance after treatment with interferon-alpha in chronic hemodialysis patients with or without coinfection by HGV/HGBV-C].
Nephrologie - 1 Jan 1997
Rostaing L, Izopet J, Moussion F, Alric L, Verdier D, That H T, Duffaut M, Durand D, Puel J, Suc J M
Abstract excerpt
Patients on maintenance hemodialysis are frequently infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). The long-term effect of alpha interferon therapy has not yet been assessed, or the influence of co-infection with the newly discovered hepatitis G/hepatitis GB virus-C (HGV/HGBV-C) upon therapy outcome. Eleven anti-HCV and HCV RNA-positive hemodialysis patients, 3 of whom had HGV/HGBV-C infection were given 3 mega-units of...
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