A Pilot Study: Longer Duration of Posttransplant Hepatitis C Virus Therapy May Increase the Sustained Response Rate
Articles > Article · 2009
Authors: Abdullah Zeki KARASU, S. AKAY, Fethiye Ferda YILMAZ, Ulus Salih AKARCA, Galip ERSÖZ, Fulya GÜNŞAR, Murat KILIÇ
TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGS, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2009, vol 41, pp 3806-3809
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.06.212
Summary
Background. Although end of treatment virological responses are similar in posttransplant patients with recurrent chronic hepatitis C virus infection and nontransplant patients, the sustained virological response rate is lower in the posttransplant setting. We investigated the efficacy of a longer duration (3 years) of therapy.