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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 28, 2008; 14(40): 6195-6203
Published online Oct 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6195
Patient education improves adherence to peg-interferon and ribavirin in chronic genotype 2 or 3 hepatitis C virus infection: A prospective, real-life, observational study
Patrice Cacoub, Denis Ouzan, Pascal Melin, Jean-Philippe Lang, Michel Rotily, Thierry Fontanges, Marina Varastet, Michel Chousterman, Patrick Marcellin
Patrice Cacoub, Department of Internal Medicine, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, AP HP, Paris 75651, France; Pierre and Marie Curie (Paris 6) University, CNRS UMR 7087, Paris 75651, France
Denis Ouzan, Department of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Arnault Tzanck Institute, Saint Laurent du Var 06721, France
Pascal Melin, Department of Polyvalent Medicine, Hospital of Saint Dizier, Saint Dizier 52115, France
Jean-Philippe Lang, Department of Psychiatry and Addiction, Hospital of Erstein, Erstein 67152, France
Michel Rotily, Marina Varastet, ClinSearch, Bagneux 92220, France
Thierry Fontanges, Department of Hepato-Gastroenterology, General Hospital of Bourgoin, Bourgoin Jailleu 38317, France
Michel Chousterman, Department of Hepato-Gastroentrology, Hospital of Créteil (CHIC), Créteil 94010, France
Patrick Marcellin, Department of Hepatology, Beaujon Hospital, Pôle des Maladies de l'Appareil Digestif, Clichy 92118, France; and INSERM U 773, CRB3, University of Paris VII, Beaujon Hospital, Clichy 92118, France
Author contributions: Cacoub P, Ouzan D, Melin P, Lang JP, Rotily M, Fontanges T, Chousterman M, and Marcellin P (The Scientific Committee) designed the research, reviewed the data, supervised the analysis and interpreted the results; Varastet M helped analysing the data, interpreting the results, and wrote the paper; All authors helped writing, critically reviewed and approved the paper.
Supported by Schering-Plough France
Correspondence to: Patrice Cacoub, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, 47-83 boulevard de l'Hôpital, Paris cedex 13 F-75651, France. patrice.cacoub@psl.aphp.fr
Telephone: +33-142-178027 Fax: +33-142-178033
Received: June 19, 2008
Revised: September 16, 2008
Accepted: September 23, 2008
Published online: October 28, 2008
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