## Abstract Serum hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA level has been shown to be a good predictor of subsequent response to interferon‐α (IFN) therapy in US patients in whom genotype 1a/1b are both predominant. To determine whether serum HCV RNA level is a predictor of subsequent response to IFN in Japanes
Genotype, serum level of hepatitis C virus RNA and liver histology as predictors of response to interferon-α 2α therapy in Japanese patients with chronic hepatitis C
✍ Scribed by Masashi Mizokami; Etsuro Orito; Yukio Gibo; Kaoru Suzuki; Ken-ichi Ohba; Tomoyoshi Ohno; Johnson Y. N. Lau
- Book ID
- 114796973
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 480 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0106-9543
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