In chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, the rate of sustained response to interferon is low. We evaluated, in patients responding to a 26-week course of interferon, the effect of high-dose maintenance therapy in preventing relapse. Three hundred and ten patients with chronic HCV infection (38.
Lack of efficacy of maintenance interferon: Results of the HALT-C trial
โ Scribed by Bruce R. Bacon
- Book ID
- 107538458
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 191 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1522-8037
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