title: Factors influencing early virological response in children with chronic hepatitis C treated with pegylated interferon and ribavirin.
abstract: Combined therapy with pegylated IFN-alpha and ribavirin enables to achieve EVR in 8/10 treated children with CHC infected with genotype 1. Lower ALT activity, lower HCV viral load and small progression of fibrosis in the histopathological evaluation have positive influence on EVR.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases and Child Neurology, Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences, Szpitalna 27/33, 60-572 Poznan, Poland.
authors.forename: Arleta
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kowala-Piaskowska
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Słuzewski
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Figlerowicz
authors.forename: Iwona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mozer-Lisewska