Efficacy of interferon treatment for patients with chronic hepatitis C: Comparison of response in cirrhotics, fibrotics, or nonfibrotics

Authors :: Donald M. Jensen
Vincent G. Bain
Donald Albert
John R. Craig
Dirk J. van Leeuwen
Karsten Witt
Murray N. Ehrinpreis
Gregory T. Everson
Tenshang Joh
Source :: Hepatology. 30:271-276
Publication Year :: 1999
Publisher :: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 1999.
Abstract: Chronic hepatitis C patients (472 patients) were treated with consensus interferon (CIFN) or interferon (IFN) alfa-2b for 6 months in a large multicenter trial. Efficacy was assessed by clearance of hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) (

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