All the patients were asymptomatic,
and despite the
retinopathy, subjective complaints have been uncommon,
and visual acuity has not always been impaired. The retinopathy was noted 4 to 16 weeks after initiation of the treatment and disappeared in a 4-11 week period. The retinopathy disappeared in all patients who continued the treatment except one. At the end of 24 weeks, 4 out of selected patients were negative for HCV RNA by PCR ( 2 in each group).