Delayed Viral Clearance after 6-Week Treatment with Peginterferon Plus Ribavirin in a Patient with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 1b

Delayed Viral Clearance after 6-Week Treatment with Peginterferon Plus Ribavirin in a Patient with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 1b

Following interferon-based therapy for chronic hepatitis C, the negativity of hepatitis C virus RNA is essential to achieve viral clearance at the end of treatment. We report a case of clearance of chronic hepatitis C virus infection following early discontinuation (at 6 weeks) of peginterferon plus...

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Main Authors: Akira Sato, Toshiya Ishii, Kayo Adachi, Hideaki Takahashi, Fumiaki Sano, Nobuyuki Matsumoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2016-08-01
Series:Case Reports in Gastroenterology
Subjects:
Hepatitis C
Delayed viral clearance
Spontaneous viral clearance
Peginterferon
Ribavirin
HLA
IL28B
Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/448072

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