Open AccessPredictive Value of Complete and Partial Early Virological Response on Sustained Virological Response Rates of Genotype-4 Chronic Hepatitis C Patients Treated with PEG-Interferon plus Ribavirin
Author(s) -
Ioannis Elefsiniotis,
Elena Vezali,
Constantinos Mihas,
G. Saroglou
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
intervirology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.641
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1423-0100
pISSN - 0300-5526
DOI - 10.1159/000228548
Subject(s) - ribavirin , gastroenterology , medicine , viral load , pegylated interferon , genotype , hepatitis c virus , chronic hepatitis , immunology , virus , biology , gene , biochemistry
To investigate early viral kinetics, sustained virological response (SVR) rates and their predictors, in treatment-naïve, genotype-4-infected, chronic hepatitis C (CHC) patients treated with PEG-IFNalpha2b plus ribavirin.