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SUBMITTER: Hu JH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6479237 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hu Jing-Hong JH Chang Ming-Ling ML Huang Tung-Jung TJ Yeh Chau-Ting CT Chiu Wen-Nan WN Chiang Ming-Shih MS Chen Mei-Yen MY
Journal of interferon & cytokine research : the official journal of the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research 20190311 4
This study compares treatment completion rates and outcomes in hepatitis C virus (HCV) patients between those aged <60 and ≥60 years receiving pegylated interferon (PEG-IFN) α-2a or α-2b combined with ribavirin. No significant differences were found in treatment completion rates and virological responses between age-stratified patients or between genotype-stratified patients receiving PEG-IFN α-2a versus PEG-IFN α-2b. Significantly more patients ≥60 years of receiving PEG-IFN α-2b exhibited an e ...[more]