Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 1 , Pages 116-122, January 2010

Peginterferon Alfa-2a Plus Ribavirin Is More Effective Than Peginterferon Alfa-2b Plus Ribavirin for Treating Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection

Presented in part as an oral communication at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver; April 23–27, 2008; Milan, Italy.

  • Antonio Ascione

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, Liver Unit, Cardarelli Hospital, Napoli, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Antonio Ascione, MD, Department of Medicine, Center for Liver Disease, Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Via Manzoni, 220-80126 Napoli, Italy. fax: (39) 081-7147081
    • ,
  • Massimo De Luca

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, Liver Unit, Cardarelli Hospital, Napoli, Italy
    • ,
  • Maria Teresa Tartaglione

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, Liver Unit, Cardarelli Hospital, Napoli, Italy
    • ,
  • Filippo Lampasi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, Liver Unit, Cardarelli Hospital, Napoli, Italy
    • ,
  • Giovan Giuseppe Di Costanzo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, Liver Unit, Cardarelli Hospital, Napoli, Italy
    • ,
  • Alfonso Galeota Lanza

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, Liver Unit, Cardarelli Hospital, Napoli, Italy
    • ,
  • Francesco Paolo Picciotto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, Liver Unit, Cardarelli Hospital, Napoli, Italy
    • ,
  • Giuseppina Marino–Marsilia

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, Pathology Unit, Cardarelli Hospital, Napoli, Italy
    • ,
  • Luca Fontanella

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Centre for Liver Disease, Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Napoli, Italy
    • ,
  • Gioacchino Leandro

      Affiliations

    • Gastroenterology Unit, IRCSS de Bellis, Castellana Grotte, Italy

Received 23 March 2009; accepted 15 October 2009. published online 22 October 2009.

To access this article, please choose from the options below

Login to an existing account or Register a new account.

  • Purchase this article for 30.00 USD (You must login/register to purchase this article)

    Online access for 24 hours. The PDF version can be downloaded as your permanent record.

  • Subscribe to this title

    Get unlimited online access to this article and all other articles in this title 24/7 for one year.

  • Claim access now

    For current subscribers with Society Membership or Account Number.

  • Visit SciVerse ScienceDirect to see if you have access via your institution.

 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose the following: Dr Ascione has received lecture fees from Bayer Healthcare, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead, Grifols, Novartis, Schering-Plough, Roche, and Roche Diagnostics. The remaining authors discloses no conflicts.

PII: S0016-5085(09)01811-3

doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2009.10.005

Refers to article:

  • Do Differences in Pegylation of Interferon Alfa Matter? , 23 November 2009

    Stefan Zeuzem
    Gastroenterology January 2010 (Vol. 138, Issue 1, Pages 34-36)

Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 1 , Pages 116-122, January 2010

Article Tools