The sustained virologic response of nonresponder hepatitis C virus patients with retreatment
Author(s) -
SilaCetin Akhan,
Erdem Gürel,
Murat Sayan
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.77330
Subject(s) - ribavirin , medicine , pegylated interferon , alpha interferon , gastroenterology , interferon , hepatitis c , hepatitis c virus , chronic hepatitis , immunology , virus
Pegylated interferon and ribavirin combination therapy remain the first-line treatment for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. In contrast to the large number of studies in treatment-naive patients, the effectiveness of retreatment in patients who have previously failed pegylated interferon based therapy is not much reported.
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