Published in Hepatitis Weekly, April 12th, 2010
"The standard of care therapy combines pegylated interferon (pegIFN) alpha and ribavirin (RBV), and is associated with a range of treatment-limiting adverse effects(2). One of the most important of these is RBV-induced haemolytic anaemia, which affects most patients and is severe enough to require dose modification in up to 15% of patients," wrote J. Fellay and colleagues, Duke University.
The researchers concluded: "Here we show that...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2010-04-12)
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