Open AccessTreatment responses in Asians and Caucasians with chronic hepatitis C infection
Author(s) -
Kenneth Yan,
Marianne Guirgis,
Thai Son Dinh,
Jacob George,
Anouk Dev,
Alice Lee,
Amany Zekry
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.14.3416
Subject(s) - medicine , ribavirin , cohort , genotype , retrospective cohort study , hepatitis c , gastroenterology , cohort study , chronic hepatitis , immunology , biology , virus , gene , biochemistry
To conduct a multicentre retrospective review of virological response rates in Asians infected with genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C (CHC) treated with combination interferon and ribavirin and then to compare their responses to that among Caucasians.