Treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus genotype 1 with peginterferon, ribavirin, and epoetin alpha.

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Published in Hepatology on August 01, 2007

Authors

Mitchell L Shiffman1, Jennifer Salvatore, Sarah Hubbard, Angie Price, Richard K Sterling, R Todd Stravitz, Velimir A Luketic, Arun J Sanyal

Author Affiliations

1: Hepatology Section, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, VA 23298, USA. mshiffma@vcu.edu

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