Article
Increased hepatitis C viral load and reactivation of liver disease in HCV RNA-positive patients with onco-haematological disease undergoing chemotherapy.
Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver - 1 Jan 2012
Coppola Nicola, Pisaturo Mariantonietta, Guastafierro Salvatore, Tonziello Gilda, Sica Antonello, Iodice Valentina, Sagnelli Caterina, Ferrara Maria Giovanna, Sagnelli Evangelista
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: To evaluate changes in Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) RNA both in plasma and Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells (PBMC) in onco-haematological patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS: 8 consecutive anti-HCV/HCV RNA-positive patients with onco-haematological diseases (5 with B-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma and 3 with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia) were observed during chemotherapy and after its discontinuation. All were naïve to...
Topics
- Aged
- Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived
- Antineoplastic Agents
- Female
- Genotype
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis C
- Humans
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell
