Improvement of thrombocytopenia with disappearance of HCV RNA in patients treated by interferon-α therapy: possible etiology of HCV-associated immune thrombocytopenia

Loss of serum HCV RNA at week 4 of inter

Loss of serum HCV RNA at week 4 of interferon-α therapy is associated with more favorable long-term response in patients with chronic hepatitis C

✍ Etsuro Orito; Masashi Mizokami; Kaoru Suzuki; Ken-Ichi Ohba; Tomoyoshi Ohno; Mas 📂 Article 📅 1995 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 554 KB

## Abstract To determine the virological factors associated with a favorable long‐term response to interferon‐α (IFN) therapy in chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, 61 Japanese patients with chronic HCV infection were treated with IFN for 24 weeks (780 million units in total) and followed fo