Ribavirin concentration in the later stages of 48 week pegylated interferon- 2b plus ribavirin therapy for chronic hepatitis C is useful for predicting virological response
Author(s) -
Norihiro Furusyo,
Masayuki Murata,
Eiichi Ogawa,
Kazuhiro Toyoda,
T. Ihara,
Hiroaki Ikezaki,
T. Hayashi,
Toshiki Koga,
Mosaburo Kainuma,
J. Hayashi
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkr034
Subject(s) - ribavirin , medicine , pegylated interferon , gastroenterology , hepatitis c virus , hepatitis c , alpha interferon , chronic hepatitis , interferon , immunology , virus
The current standard of care for chronic hepatitis C patients is a pegylated interferon-α plus ribavirin combination treatment. This study was carried out to determine the relationship between ribavirin concentration in the later stages of treatment and virological relapse.
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