Peginterferon Alfa-2a plus Ribavirin for Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection

Fried, Michael; L. Shiffman, Mitchell; Rajender Reddy, K.; I. Smith, Coleman; Marinos, George; Lopes Gonçales, Fernando; Häussinger, Dieter; Diago, M.; Carosi, Giampiero; Dhumeaux, Daniel; Craxı̀, Antonio; Lin, Amy; H. Hoffman, Joseph; Yu, Jian

doi:10.1056/nejmoa020047

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Peginterferon Alfa-2a plus Ribavirin for Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Sep 25, 2002

Authors:

Michael Fried

Mitchell L. Shiffman

K. Rajender Reddy

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Treatment with peginterferon alfa-2a alone produces significantly higher sustained virologic responses than treatment with interferon alfa-2a alone in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. We compared the efficacy and safety of peginterferon alfa-2a plus ribavirin, int...

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Ribavirin

Medicine

Peginterferon alfa-2a

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