## Abstract Twentyβnine HCVβinfected patients were treated with pegylated interferon alpha. Diagnosis was based on serum HCV RNAβPCR positive results and liver biopsy. All patients had elevated serum levels of alanine aminotransferase at the time of the study, but liver disease was compensated. Pat
Health-related quality of life in HCV-infected patients
β Scribed by Erik J. Groessl; Kimberly R. Weingart; Robert M. Kaplan; Samuel B. Ho
- Book ID
- 107540468
- Publisher
- Current Science Inc.
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 282 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1540-3416
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Anemia and decreased health-related quality of life (HRQL) are common in patients receiving combination therapy of interferon alfa (IFN) and ribavirin (RBV) for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. In a randomized, prospective study evaluating the effectiveness of epoetin alfa in maintaining R