Treatment of patients with chronic hepatitis C has had limited success because of relapses and nonresponse to interferon alfa therapy (currently the only established therapeutic agent). A retrospective study was done to determine the efficacy of re-treatment with interferon and the predictors of res
Treatment with peginterferon versus interferon in Chinese patients with chronic hepatitis C
โ Scribed by S. Zhao; E. Liu; K. Wei; Y. Wang; Y. Li; B. Huang; Y. Chen; P. Yang
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 282 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0934-9723
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