Published in Hepatitis Weekly, April 18th, 2005
"We aimed to determine rates of treatment with alpha-interferon medication in patients diagnosed with hepatitis C virus (HCV), to ascertain the prevalence of selected conditions that could influence initiation of interferon treatment, and to examine the association between the presence of these conditions and interferon treatment," researchers in the United States report.
"A nested case-control design was used in California Medicaid (Medi-Cal) claims data covering the period from 1 January 1996 to 30 June 2002. Interferon-treated cases and non-treated controls were selected in...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2005-04-18)
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