Baseline factors and early viral response (week 4) to antiviral therapy with peginterferon and ribavirin for predicting sustained virologic response in patients infected with hepatitis C virus genotype 1: A multicenter study

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 65-70

  Toyoda, Hidenori ^a   Kumada, Takashi ^a   Shimada, Noritomo ^b   Takaguchi, Koichi ^c   Ide, Tatsuya ^d   Sata, Michio ^d   Ginba, Hiroyuki ^e   Matsuyama, Kazuhiro ^e   Izumi, Namiki ^f  

^a OGAKI MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Shinmatsudo Central General Hospital   (Japan)

^c KAGAWA PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e Roche Diagnostics Japan KK ^*  (Japan)

^f MUSASHINO RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Baseline predictive factors, genetic polymorphism near the IL28B gene; Chronic hepatitis C; Peginterferon and ribavirin; Week 4 viral response

Indexed keywords

PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2B; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS RNA;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SUSTAINED VIROLOGIC RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RIBAVIRIN; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 1;

EID: 84869235077     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.23428     Document Type: Article

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