Shortened therapy for hepatitis C virus genotype 2 or 3--is less more?
Shortened therapy for hepatitis C virus genotype 2 or 3--is less more?
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丙型肝炎病毒基因型 2 或 3 的缩短治疗——是少是多?
DOI:
10.1056/nejme078092
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发表时间:
2007
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通讯作者:
Liang,TJake
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作者:
Liang,TJake
Infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major worldwide cause of chronic liver disease, cirrhosis, and liver cancer, which together represent a chief global public health burden. Therapy has improved substantially since the introduction of interferon-alfa monotherapy in the late 1980s, when the response rate was less than 10%; now, combination therapy with peginterferon and ribavirin has a success rate of about 50%.1,2Much like the diverse outcomes of HCV infection, the response to treatment varies. Important factors associated with treatment response include the race, age, sex, weight, and biochemical and histologic characteristics of patients. However, viral genotype . . .