Short and long-term effects of telaprevir on kidney function in patients with hepatitis C virus infection: a retrospective cohort study.

Recent reports suggest that telaprevir, a protease inhibitor used to treat hepatitis C infection, is associated with decline in kidney function during therapy, particularly in patients with baseline renal impairment.Patients treated with telaprevir in a single healthcare network were retrospectively...

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Main Authors: Meghan E Sise, Elke S Backman, Julia B Wenger, Brian R Wood, Paul E Sax, Raymond T Chung, Ravi Thadhani, Arthur Y Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4414554?pdf=render