Article
Antiviral effect of lymphoblastoid interferon-alpha on hepatitis C virus in patients with chronic hepatitis type C.
Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology - 1 Jan 2000
Chayama K, Arase Y, Koida I, Tsubota A, Saitoh S, Ikeda K, Matsumoto T, Kanda M, Iwasaki S, Kobayashi M
Abstract excerpt
To study the antiviral effect of lymphoblastoid alpha interferon (IFN) on hepatitis C virus (HCV) we conducted a randomized, controlled trial on 80 patients with chronic hepatitis C using three different doses. Patients were randomly assigned to treatment with 1, 3 or 6 million units of lymphobla...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Chronic Disease
- Female
- Genotype
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis C
- Humans
- Interferon-alpha
- Liver Cirrhosis
- Logistic Models
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- RNA, Viral