Effect of interferon therapy on viral titers in patients with chronic hepatitis C who are positive for hepatitis GB virus C
β Scribed by Kazuaki Chayama; Masahiro Kobayashi; Kenji Ikeda; Hiromitsu Kumada
- Book ID
- 118567589
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 108 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-8278
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Of 74 patients who were infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) and received interferon, 12 (16%) were positive for RNA of GB virus C (GBV-C). RNA of GBV-C was determined in sera from the co-infected patients retrospectively, and the effect of interferon on GBV-C was compared with that on HCV in them.