Extended interferon-alpha therapy accelerates telomere length loss in human peripheral blood T lymphocytes.

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Published in PLoS One on August 04, 2011

Authors

Joel M O'Bryan1, James A Potts, Herbert L Bonkovsky, Anuja Mathew, Alan L Rothman, HALT-C Trial Group

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America.

Associated clinical trials:

Long Term Interferon for Patients Who Did Not Clear Hepatitis C Virus With Standard Treatment (HALT-C) | NCT00006164

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