Article
Effects of hepatitis G virus coinfection on severity of hepatitis C: relationship to risk factors and response to interferon treatment.
Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology - 1 Aug 1998
Lin R, Dutta U, Kaba S, Kench J, Crewe E, Coverdale S, Byth K, Liddle C, Farrell G C
Abstract excerpt
The aims of the present study were to identify characteristics that are more often associated with hepatitis G virus (HGV) coinfection in Australian patients infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) and to investigate the effects of HGV on the histological and functional severity of chronic hepa...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Antiviral Agents
- Australia
- Biomarkers
- Female
- Flaviviridae
- Genotype
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis C, Chronic
- Hepatitis, Viral, Human
- Humans
- Interferon alpha-2
- Interferon-alpha
- Logistic Models
- Male
- Middle Aged
- RNA, Viral
