Pathogenesis, Natural History, Treatment, and Prevention of Hepatitis C

Figure 4. The total height of the bars represents the end-of-treatment response rate; the white portion represents the sustained
response rate. Data are shown for 1744 patients (the number in each treatment group is given in parentheses) from two large
prospective clinical trials . Numbers at the top of the bars represent exact percentages.
Rates of virologic response in patients with chronic hepatitis C treated with interferon-α for 24 weeks (IFN 24 wk) or 48
weeks (IFN 48 wk) or interferon-α plus ribavirin for 24 weeks (IFN and RBV 24 wk) or 48 weeks (IFN and RBV 48 wk).(49, 51)
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Ann Intern Med
February 15, 2000
vol. 132
no. 4
296-305