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SUBMITTER: Wang M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4509233 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Meng M Zhang Yi Y Li Zhiqin Z Zhang Hongyu H Zhang Zhen Z Yue Dongli D Zhou Rong R Li Xiaogang X Wu Shuhuan S Li Jiansheng J
International journal of clinical and experimental medicine 20150515 5
The standard treatment, pegylated interferon (PEG-IFN) plus ribavirin (RBV), for patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC), does not provide a sustained virologic response (SVR) in a large majority of patients. In the present study, 211 treatment-naïve patients with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1b and 2a were recruited and treated weekly with PEG-IFN plus RBV to determine the response of HCV genotype 1b and 2a patients to standard antiviral treatment. Virologic responses were assessed by T ...[more]