Basic answers to complicated questions for the course of chronic hepatitis C treatment

Abstract

Hepatitis C virus infection is a long-lasting disease, which causes chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, thus leading to liver-related death. Currently, the optimal treatment for chronic hepatitis C infection is the combination of pegylated interferon and ribavirin. The aim of this review is to assess the long-term clinical outcomes of interferons alone or in combination with ribavirin in the management of chronic hepatitis C.

Keywords::

• course
• HCV
• pegylated interferon
• ribavirin
• treatment

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