Hepatitis C Virus Therapy
Researchers from Tottori University, Second Department of Internal Medicine detail findings in hepatitis C virus therapy
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, April 2nd, 2007
New research, "FibroIndex, a practical index for predicting significant fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C," is the subject of a report. According to a study from Yonago, Japan, "Diagnosis of the stage of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C is essential for making a prognosis and deciding on antiviral therapy. In the present study a simple model consisting of routine laboratory tests was constructed and then validated in cross-sectional and longitudinal investigations."
"Consecutive treatment-naive patients with chronic hepatitis C who had undergone liver biopsy were divided into 2 cohorts: an estimation set (n=240) and a validation set (n=120). A...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2007-04-02)
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