Elderly age is not a negative predictive factor for virological response to therapy with pegylated interferon-α and ribavirin in chronic hepatitis C virus patients

Frei, Pascal; Leucht, Anna-Kathrin; Held, Ulrike; Kofmehl, Reto; Manser, Christine N; Schmitt, Johannes; Mertens, Joachim; Rau, Monika; Baur, Katharina; Gerlach, Tilman Joern; Negro, Francesco; Heim, Markus; Moradpour, Darius; Cerny, Andreas; Dufour, Jean-François Jacques; Müllhaupt, Beat; Geier, Andreas

doi:10.1111/liv.12279

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Elderly age is not a negative predictive factor for virological response to therapy with pegylated interferon-α and ribavirin in chronic hepatitis C virus patients

ContributorsFrei, Pascal; Leucht, Anna-Kathrin; Held, Ulrike; Kofmehl, Reto; Manser, Christine N; Schmitt, Johannes; Mertens, Joachim; Rau, Monika; Baur, Katharina; Gerlach, Tilman Joern; Negro, Francesco; Heim, Markus; Moradpour, Darius; Cerny, Andreas; Dufour, Jean-François Jacques; Müllhaupt, Beat; Geier, Andreas

Published inLiver international, vol. 34, no. 4, p. 551-557

Publication date2014

Abstract

Age is frequently discussed as negative host factor to achieve a sustained virological response (SVR) to antiviral therapy of chronic hepatitis C. However, elderly patients often show advanced fibrosis/cirrhosis as known negative predictive factor. The aim of this study was to assess age as an independent predictive factor during antiviral therapy.

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Etudes et traitement de l'hépatite C et B (554)

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FREI, Pascal et al. Elderly age is not a negative predictive factor for virological response to therapy with pegylated interferon-α and ribavirin in chronic hepatitis C virus patients. In: Liver international, 2014, vol. 34, n° 4, p. 551–557. doi: 10.1111/liv.12279

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PID : unige:35008
DOI : 10.1111/liv.12279
PMID : 24034338

Journal ISSN1478-3223

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Elderly age is not a negative predictive factor for virological response to therapy with pegylated interferon-α and ribavirin in chronic hepatitis C virus patients

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