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Publication Information

PubMed ID
Public Release Type
Journal
Publication Year
2010
Affiliation
Université Catholique de Louvain, Cliniques universitaires St Luc, Bruxelles, Belgium. etienne.sokal@uclouvain.be
Authors
Bourgois A, Fischler B, Gardovska D, Kelly D, Porta G, Silveira T, Sokal EM, Stéphenne X
Studies
Citation
Sokal EM, Bourgois A, Stéphenne X, Silveira T, Porta G, Gardovska D, Fischler B, Kelly D. Peginterferon alfa-2a plus ribavirin for chronic hepatitis C virus infection in children and adolescents. J Hepatol 2010 Jun;52(6):827-31. Epub 2010 Mar 15.

Abstract

This multi-center study aimed to prospectively evaluate the safety and efficacy of a genotype-based Pegylated Interferon alfa-2a/Ribavirin therapy in treatment-naïve hepatitis C virus (HCV), positive HCV serology, and quantifiable HCV RNA, infected children.