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Association between apolipoprotein E epsilon4 and neuropsychiatric symptoms during interferon alpha treatment for chronic hepatitis C.
Psychosomatics - 1 Jan 2000
Gochee Peter A, Powell Elizabeth E, Purdie David M, Pandeya Nirmala, Kelemen Livia, Shorthouse Claudia, Jonsson Julie R, Kelly Brian
Abstract excerpt
Neuropsychiatric complications are common in patients with chronic hepatitis C undergoing treatment with interferon alpha. These side effects include alterations of mood, cognition, and neuroendocrine function and are unpredictable. In a number of neurological disorders characterized by neuropsychiatric symptoms and cognitive dysfunction, inheritance of an apolipoprotein E (APOE) epsilon4 allele is associated...
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