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

Author(s):
Dimitrios DimitroulopoulosDimitrios Dimitroulopoulos1,*, Ioannis ElefsiniotisIoannis Elefsiniotis2, Christos PavlidisChristos Pavlidis3, Dimitrios XinopoulosDimitrios Xinopoulos1, Klisthenis TsamakidisKlisthenis Tsamakidis1, Stamatina PatsavelaStamatina Patsavela1, Dimitrios KypreosDimitrios Kypreos1, Ageliki FerderigouAgeliki Ferderigou4, Dimitrios KorkolisDimitrios Korkolis5, Sotirios KoutsounasSotirios Koutsounas6, Georgios SaroglouGeorgios Saroglou7, Emmanouil ParaskevasEmmanouil 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

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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