Hepatitis C treatment reduces the virus but liver damage continues
Tuesday, December 9, 2008 - 14:44
in Health & Medicine
Treating patients who have chronic hepatitis C and advanced liver disease with long-term pegylated interferon significantly decreased their liver enzymes, viral levels and liver inflammation, but the treatment did not slow or prevent the progression of serious liver disease, a study finds.
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