Rescue therapy for chronic hepatitis C virus infection after repeated treatment failures: Impact on disease progression and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Amr Shaaban HanafyShaimaa SolimanSherief Abd-Elsalam

Published in: Hepatology research : the official journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology (2019)

Rescue treatment for HCV infection was highly effective in achieving SVR, less expensive than the newer agents, and is associated with diminished risk of serious adverse events, mainly HCC in these patients.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
hepatitis c virus
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
combination therapy
human immunodeficiency virus