Chronic hepatitis C is often a progressive liver disease for which there is no satisfactory treatment. We studied the efficacy of recombinant a-interferon or y-interferon in the treatment of this disease in comparison with a control group. Thirty patients were randomly assigned to three groups. Ten
Randomized controlled trial of lymphoblastoid interferon α for chronic hepatitis C (comparison of 9-MU and 6-MU doses)
✍ Scribed by Kentaro Yoshioka; Motoyoshi Yano; Atsuhiko Kusakabe; Hideo Hirofuji; Akihiko Fuji; Junsuke Kuriki; Motohiro Arao; Kenichi Murase; Ryuichi Kidokoro; Shinichi Kakumu
- Book ID
- 119395956
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 39 KB
- Volume
- 94
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-9270
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