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Hep C Treatment: Comparing the Pegylated Interferons
Learn about the facts on pegylated interferon alfa-2a and pegylated interferon alfa-2b, the standard treatment for chronic Hepatitis C. Comparing and contrasting the pegylated interferons may help better explain a physician’s preference or indifference between the two when treating their...

Vertex's Advanced Trial Could Change HCV Treatment
Hundreds of non-responders to interferon-ribavirin combination therapy will be enrolled in a late stage clinical trial for Vertex's telaprevir....

Silymarin Improves Quality of Life During Hepatitis C Treatment
Although a large-scale study concluded long-term interferon therapy to be ineffectual for Hepatitis C management, it demonstrated improvements in quality of life for participants supplementing with silymarin....


Relationship of the Genomic Complexity of Hepatitis C Virus With Liver Disease Severity and Response to Interferon in Patients With Chronic HCV Genotype 1b Infection

FIGURE 4, Relationship of the Genomic Complexity of Hepatitis C Virus With Liver Disease Severity

Fig. 4.   Relationship between HCV HVR1 complexity, as determined by the number of bands produced by SSCP analysis, and the type of response to one course of interferon-alpha therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis C.

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