Daily interferon induction regimen using different manufactured interferons (alpha-2a or alpha-2b) in combination with ribavirin for treatment of chronic hepatitis C: a prospective randomized study Esquema de indução diário com interferon alfa 2-a ou alfa 2-b em combinação com ribavirina para tratamento da hepatite crônica C: estudo prospectivo randomizado

BACKGROUD: Studies on hepatitis C virus kinetics showed that serum levels of interferon fall 48 h after drug administration, when viral load is increasing again. Previously to the availability of pegylated interferon, daily induction therapy with standard interferon was under evaluation. AIMS: To ev...

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Main Authors: Eduardo Lorens Braga, André Castro Lyra, Lourianne Nascimento, Eduardo Netto, Luciano Kalabrik, Luiz Guilherme Costa Lyra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE) 2006-12-01
Series:Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032006000400006