Article
Predictive factors in eradicating hepatitis C virus using a relatively small dose of interferon.
Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology - 1 Apr 1998
Fukuda M, Chayama K, Tsubota A, Kobayashi M, Hashimoto M, Miyano Y, Koike H, Kobayashi M, Koida I, Arase Y, Saitoh S, Murashima N, Ikeda K, Kumada H
Abstract excerpt
Interferon (IFN) can reduce hepatitis C virus load and even eliminate the virus in 30-40% of patients. Several predictive factors for eradication of the virus have been reported and a higher dose of IFN tends to result in elimination of the virus. However, a small dose of IFN sometimes is as effe...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Female
- Genotype
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatitis C Antigens
- Humans
- Interferons
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Multivariate Analysis
- Prognosis
- RNA, Viral