European vs. Egyptian HCV-4 Patients with Elevated Baseline HCV RNA, Treated with PEG-IFN-α2a and Ribavirin: The Role of Rapid and Early Virologic Response

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Dimitrios Dimitroulopoulos1,*, Ioannis Elefsiniotis2, Christos Pavlidis3, Dimitrios Xinopoulos1, Klisthenis Tsamakidis1, Stamatina Patsavela1, Dimitrios Kypreos1, Ageliki Ferderigou4, Dimitrios Korkolis5, Sotirios Koutsounas6, Georgios Saroglou7, Emmanouil Paraskevas8
1Department of Gastroenterology, Agios Savvas Hospital, Athens, Greece
2Department of Internal Medicine, Helena Venizelou Hospital–University of Athens, Athens, Greece
3Reference Center for Viral Hepatitis,IKA, Athens, Athens, Greece
4Department of Biochemistry, Agios Savvas Hospital, Athens, Greece
5First Surgical Department, Agios Savvas Hospital, Athens, Greece
6Reference Center for Viral Hepatitis, IKA, Athens, Greece
7Department of Internal Medicine, Helena Venizelou Hospital – University of Athens, Athens, Greece
8Department of Gastroenterology,Agios SavvasHospital, Athens, Greece
*Corresponding Author: Department of Gastroenterology, Agios Savvas Hospital, Athens, Greece Email: [email protected]

Hepatitis Monthly:Vol. 10, issue 3; e92981
Published online:Jun 30, 2010
Article type:Research Article
Received:May 05, 2019
Accepted:Jun 30, 2010
How to Cite:Dimitroulopoulos D, Elefsiniotis I, Pavlidis C, Xinopoulos D, Tsamakidis K, et al. European vs. Egyptian HCV-4 Patients with Elevated Baseline HCV RNA, Treated with PEG-IFN-α2a and Ribavirin: The Role of Rapid and Early Virologic Response. Hepat Mon. 2010;10(3):e92981. doi:

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