Peginterferon Alfa-2a Is Associated with Elevations in Alanine Aminotransferase at the End of Treatment in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients with Sustained Virologic Response

• Chih-Wei Tseng,

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chia-Yi, Taiwan, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Tzuchi University, Hualien, Taiwan

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• Chi-Yi Chen,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Chia-Yi Christian Hospital, Chia-Yi, Taiwan

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• Ting-Tsung Chang,

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Shinn-Jia Tzeng,

  Affiliation Department of Agronomy, National Chiayi University, Chiayi, Taiwan

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• Yu-Hsi Hsieh,

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chia-Yi, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Tzuchi University, Hualien, Taiwan

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• Tsung-Hsing Hung,

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chia-Yi, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Tzuchi University, Hualien, Taiwan

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• Ching-Chih Lee,

  Affiliation Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Department of Otolaryngology, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chia-Yi, Taiwan

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• Shu-Fen Wu,

  Affiliation Institute of Molecular Biology, National Chung Cheng University, Chia-Yi, Taiwan

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• Kuo-Chih Tseng

  * E-mail: tsengkuochih@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chia-Yi, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Tzuchi University, Hualien, Taiwan

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