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PURPOSE: Bowel cleansing is generally regarded as time-consuming and unpleasant among patients. Patients commonly state that bowel preparation provokes more discomfort than the actual colonoscopic examination. The purpose of this...
BACKGROUND/AIMS: The standard treatment for chronic hepatitis C patients infected with HCV genotype-2 is a combination of pegylated interferon alfa and ribavirin over a 24 week period. It is...
BACKGROUND/AIMS: The standard therapy for patients with genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C (CHC) is a combination of peginterferon and ribavirin for 48 weeks. However, the most appropriate duration of treatment...