Vitamin D levels vary during antiviral treatment but are unable to predict treatment outcome in HCV genotype 1 infected patients.

Different parameters have been determined for prediction of treatment outcome in hepatitis c virus genotype 1 infected patients undergoing pegylated interferon, ribavirin combination therapy. Results on the importance of vitamin D levels are conflicting. In the present study, a comprehensive analysi...

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Main Authors: Georgios Grammatikos, Christian Lange, Simone Susser, Susanne Schwendy, Nektarios Dikopoulos, Peter Buggisch, Jens Encke, Gerlinde Teuber, Tobias Goeser, Robert Thimme, Hartwig Klinker, Wulf O Boecher, Ewert Schulte-Frohlinde, Marissa Penna-Martinez, Klaus Badenhoop, Stefan Zeuzem, Thomas Berg, Christoph Sarrazin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3917831?pdf=render