Hepatitis C: a critical analysis of therapeutic response predictors

Hepatitis C: a critical analysis of therapeutic response predictors

Treatment of chronic hepatitis C is still unspecific. However, there is great expectancy concerning the new pegylated interferons. As there has been much controversy about the best parameters to determine whether treatment is effective, we analyzed several criteria currently used for evaluation, inc...

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Main Authors: Focaccia R., Siciliano R.F., Santos E.D.B., Boccardo E., Conceição O.J.G., Barbosa U.O., Galante V.C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2002-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
ALT normalization
hepatitis C
viral load reduction
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702002000200003
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Summary:Treatment of chronic hepatitis C is still unspecific. However, there is great expectancy concerning the new pegylated interferons. As there has been much controversy about the best parameters to determine whether treatment is effective, we analyzed several criteria currently used for evaluation, including serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) normalization, viral load reduction and improvement of hepatic histology.
ISSN:1413-8670
1678-4391

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