Hepatitis C Association, Hepatitis C awareness, donor support, and (Hep C Chronic Fatigue)

Hepatitis C Association, Hepatitis C awareness, donor support, and
Schering-Plough Reports FDA Grants Fast Track Designation to Oral HCV Protease Inhibitor SCH 503034 Liver Cirrhosis- and Hepatitis C Virus

Idenix Pharmaceuticals: HCV
Hepatitis C is an infectious liver disease caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV). HCV infection becomes chronic in 75 to 85 percent 1 of individuals after their initial infection

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These patients have a positive anti-HCV, a positive HCV RIBA and persistently negative HCV-RNA. About 10-20% of patients are able to clear the virus with one year of interferon, and their HCV