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Efficacy of Alfacalcidol on PEG-IFN/ Ribavirin Combination Therapy for Elderly Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C: A Pilot Study

BACKGROUND: Serum vitamin D concentration is reported to show a decrease in older age. Patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) in Japan are older on average than those in Western countries. Moreover, the outcome of pegylated-interferon (PEG-IFN)/ ribavirin therapy combined with vitamin D in elderly...

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Autores principales: Atsukawa, Masanori, Tsubota, Akihito, Shimada, Noritomo, Kondo, Chisa, Itokawa, Norio, Nakagawa, Ai, Hashimoto, Satomi, Fukuda, Takeshi, Matsushita, Yoko, Kidokoro, Hideko, Narahara, Yoshiyuki, Nakatsuka, Katsuhisa, Iwakiri, Katsuhiko, Kawamoto, Chiaki, Sakamoto, Choitsu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kowsar 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3877658/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24403915
http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/hepatmon.14872