Does a Rapid Decline in the Hematological and Biochemical Parameters Induced by Interferon and Ribavirin Combination Therapy for the Hepatitis C Virus Predict a Sustained Viral Response?

Christian Turbide; Constantine A Soulellis; Marc Deschênes; Nir Hilzenrat

doi:10.1155/2008/213897

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology (Jan 2008)

Does a Rapid Decline in the Hematological and Biochemical Parameters Induced by Interferon and Ribavirin Combination Therapy for the Hepatitis C Virus Predict a Sustained Viral Response?

Christian Turbide,
Constantine A Soulellis,
Marc Deschênes,
Nir Hilzenrat

Affiliations

Christian Turbide: McGill University Health Centre, Canada
Constantine A Soulellis: Sir Mortimer B Davis-Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Marc Deschênes: McGill University Health Centre, Canada
Nir Hilzenrat: Sir Mortimer B Davis-Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2008/213897
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 22, no. 2
pp. 149 – 152

Abstract

Read online

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: To analyze whether rapid myelosuppression and a decrease in alanine aminotransferase (ALT) induced by standard interferon (IFN) and ribavirin (RBV) combination therapy predict a sustained viral response (SVR) in hepatitis C virus patients.

Published in Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

ISSN: 0835-7900 (Print); 1916-7237 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1720

About the journal