Prediction of response to peginterferon-alfa-2b plus ribavirin therapy in Japanese patients infected with hepatitis C virus genotype 1b

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 981-988

  Hashimoto, Yoshimasa ^a,b,c   Ochi, Hidenori ^a,b,c   Abe, Hiromi ^a,b,c   Hayashida, Yasufumi ^b   Tsuge, Masataka ^a,c   Mitsui, Fukiko ^a,c   Hiraga, Nobuhiko ^a,c   Imamura, Michio ^a,c   Takahashi, Shoichi ^a,c   Nelson Hayes, C ^a,b,c   Ohishi, Waka ^c,d   Kubo, Michaki ^b   Tsunoda, Tatsuhiko ^b   Kamatani, Naoyuki ^b   Nakamura, Yusuke ^e   Chayama, Kazuaki ^a,b,c  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Core protein; HCV; IL 28B; Pegylated interferon; Ribavirin; Rs8099917

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HYALURONIC ACID; INTERLEUKIN 28B; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2B PLUS RIBAVIRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; INTERLEUKINS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROGNOSIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RIBAVIRIN; RNA, VIRAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 1;

EID: 79954623586     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.22028     Document Type: Article

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