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The effect of HLA alleles on response to interferon therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology - 1 Oct 1998
Kikuchi I, Ueda A, Mihara K, Miyanaga O, Machidori H, Ishikawa E, Tamura K
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OBJECTIVE: To compare HLA alleles in the patients with chronic hepatitis C treated with interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) between patients with response to IFN treatment and nonresponse. METHOD: Sixty-seven Japanese patients with chronic hepatitis C were treated with daily intramuscular administration of IFN-alpha (6 million units) for 2 weeks followed by three times per week for 22 weeks. Viral loads of hepatitis...
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