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Plasma hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA is comparable to hepatic HCV RNA when obtained while on therapy at the end of treatment as a predictor of sustained response in patients with chronic hepatitis C infection

✍ Scribed by Lino J. Deguzman; Jose M. Nieto; Shelley A. Deguzman; Andrew Conrad; Bradley Collins

Book ID: 119429012
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 2001
Tongue: English
Weight: 176 KB
Volume: 120
Category: Article
ISSN: 0016-5085
DOI: 10.1016/s0016-5085(08)80145-x

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