Platelet count is associated with sustained virological response rates in treatments for chronic hepatitis C.
Conclusions: Young age, genotype 2, low HCV RNA level, RVR, and treatment adherence were significantly associated with SVR. In addition, platelet count was an independent predictive factor for SVR. Therefore, platelet count could be used to develop individualized treatment regimens and to optimize treatment outcomes in patients with chronic HCV infection.
PMID: 29529840 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine - Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Jun BG, Park EJ, Lee WC, Jang JY, Jeong SW, Kim YD, Cheon GJ, Cho YS, Lee SH, Kim HS, Lee YN, Kim SG, Kim YS, Kim BS Tags: Korean J Intern Med Source Type: research