Multicenter randomized trials have shown that once-weekly pegylated interferon (peginterferon) alfa-2a is more efficacious than conventional interferon alfa-2a (IFN) in patients with chronic hepatitis C. We performed a meta-analysis of 1,013 previously untreated patients (from 3 randomized trials) w
Chronic hepatitis C: Interferon retreatment of relapsers. A meta-analysis of individual patient data
✍ Scribed by Calogero Cammà; Marco Giunta; Liliana Chemello; Alfredo Alberti; Hidenori Toyoda; Christian Trepo; Patrick Marcellin; Friederike Zahm; Solko Schalm; Antonio Craxì
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 100 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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✦ Synopsis
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