Combination treatment of interferon alpha-2b and ribavirin in comparison to interferon monotherapy in treatment of chronic hepatitis C genotype 4 patients

A el-Zayadi; O Selim; S Haddad; P Simmonds; H Hamdy; H M Badran; S Shawky

Combination treatment of interferon alpha-2b and ribavirin in comparison to interferon monotherapy in treatment of chronic hepatitis C genotype 4 patients

A el-Zayadi, O Selim, S Haddad, P Simmonds, H Hamdy, H M Badran, S Shawky

Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies

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Abstract

Treatment of chronic hepatitis C patients, infected with genotype 4 with interferon-alpha yielded a limited response. Our aim was to compare the efficacy of interferon-alpha alone and in combination with ribavirin in chronic hepatitis C patients infected with genotype 4.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	472-5
Number of pages	4
Journal	Italian journal of gastroenterology and hepatology
Volume	31
Issue number	6
Publication status	Published - 1999

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

Adult
Antiviral Agents
Biopsy
Drug Therapy, Combination
Genotype
Hepacivirus
Hepatitis C, Chronic
Humans
Interferon-alpha
Liver
Male
Middle Aged
RNA, Viral
Recombinant Proteins
Ribavirin
Time Factors
Viremia

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Combination treatment of interferon alpha-2b and ribavirin in comparison to interferon monotherapy in treatment of chronic hepatitis C genotype 4 patients

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