Individualized treatment of chronic hepatitis C with pegylated interferon and ribavirin
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Individualized treatment of chronic hepatitis C with pegylated interferon and ribavirin
Chronic infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major public health problem, with perhaps 180 million people infected worldwide. A significant proportion of these will eventually develop clinical complications, such as cirrhosis, liver decompensation and hepatocellular carcinoma. Sustained virological response (SVR) to antiviral therapy is associated with improvement in liver histology and ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1178-7066
DOI: 10.2147/pgpm.s4461