Initial treatment for chronic hepatitis C

Keyur Patel, MD
Duke Clinical Research Institute and the Division of Gastroenterology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

John G. McHutchison, MD
Duke Clinical Research Institute and the Division of Gastroenterology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

Correspondence: John G. McHutchison, MD, Duke Clinical Research Institute and Division of Gastroenterology, Duke University Medical Center, P.O. Box 17969, Durham, NC 27715; e-mail:
mchut001@mc.duke.edu

Dr. Patel reported that he has no commercial affiliations or interests that pose a potential conflict of interest with this article.

Dr. McHutchison reported that he has received grant or research support from and is on the speakers’ bureaus of the Schering-Plough and Roche corporations, and that he serves as a consultant to the Schering-Plough corporation.

Keyur Patel, MD
Duke Clinical Research Institute and the Division of Gastroenterology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

John G. McHutchison, MD
Duke Clinical Research Institute and the Division of Gastroenterology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

Correspondence: John G. McHutchison, MD, Duke Clinical Research Institute and Division of Gastroenterology, Duke University Medical Center, P.O. Box 17969, Durham, NC 27715; e-mail:
mchut001@mc.duke.edu

Dr. Patel reported that he has no commercial affiliations or interests that pose a potential conflict of interest with this article.

Dr. McHutchison reported that he has received grant or research support from and is on the speakers’ bureaus of the Schering-Plough and Roche corporations, and that he serves as a consultant to the Schering-Plough corporation.

Keyur Patel, MD
Duke Clinical Research Institute and the Division of Gastroenterology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

John G. McHutchison, MD
Duke Clinical Research Institute and the Division of Gastroenterology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

Correspondence: John G. McHutchison, MD, Duke Clinical Research Institute and Division of Gastroenterology, Duke University Medical Center, P.O. Box 17969, Durham, NC 27715; e-mail:
mchut001@mc.duke.edu

Dr. Patel reported that he has no commercial affiliations or interests that pose a potential conflict of interest with this article.

Dr. McHutchison reported that he has received grant or research support from and is on the speakers’ bureaus of the Schering-Plough and Roche corporations, and that he serves as a consultant to the Schering-Plough corporation.