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Hepatitis C Virus
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Table 1: Approved drugs and commonly used dosages for
treatment of chronic HCV infection.
Table 2: Goals of therapy for HCV infection
Table 3: Indications for treatment of HCV
infection
Table 4: Contraindications to treatment with Interferon alfa/Ribavirin.
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Authors
Steven K. Herrine, MD,
Raymond T. Chung,
M.D.
First Edition (1998): Mang M. Ma, Graham A. Tipples, Karl P.
Fischer, and David L. J. Tyrrell
Second Edition (2002): Adeel A. Butt, M.D.
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