Interferon Alfa-2b Alone or in Combination with Ribavirin for the Treatment of Relapse of Chronic Hepatitis C

L. Davis, Gary; Esteban, Rafael; K. Rustgi, Vinod; C. Hoefs, John; C. Gordon, Stuart; Trépo, Christian; L. Shiffman, Mitchell; Zeuzem, Stefan; Craxı̀, Antonio; Ling, Mei-Hsiu; K. Albrecht, Janice

doi:10.1056/nejm199811193392102

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Interferon Alfa-2b Alone or in Combination with Ribavirin for the Treatment of Relapse of Chronic Hepatitis C

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Nov 19, 1998

Authors:

Gary L. Davis

Rafael Esteban

Vinod K. Rustgi

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Interferon alfa is the only effective treatment for patients with chronic hepatitis C. Forty percent of patients have an initial response to this therapy, but most subsequently relapse. We compared the effect of interferon alone with that of interferon plus oral ribavirin for relapses of...

Subject

Ribavirin

Medicine

Interferon

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