Black Americans are disproportionally infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) and are less likely than whites to respond to treatment with peginterferon (PEG-IFN) plus ribavirin (RBV). The impact of race on HCV treatment eligibility is unknown. We therefore performed a retrospective analysis of a phas
Ethnic and Racial Differences in the Natural History of Hepatitis C
β Scribed by Eric R. Kallwitz
- Book ID
- 107540525
- Publisher
- Current Science Inc.
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 146 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1540-3416
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