Article
Long-term administration of natural interferon-alpha in patients with chronic hepatitis C: relationship to serum RNA concentration, HCV-RNA genotypes, histological changes and hepatitis C virus.
Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology - 1 Feb 1996
Kumada T, Nakano S, Takeda I, Sugiyama K, Osada T, Kiriyama S, Toyoda H, Sasa T, Shibata M, Morishima T, Nakano I, Fukuda Y, Kosaka Y, Tameda Y, Nakashima M
Abstract excerpt
To virologically assess the efficacy of interferon therapy in chronic hepatitis C, either 5 or 10 MU/day natural interferon-alpha (IFN alpha) was administered to 57 patients with chronic hepatitis C for 38 weeks. A complete and sustained response (CR-SR), as evidenced by the absence of serum hepa...
Topics
- Aged
- Antiviral Agents
- Chronic Disease
- Female
- Genotype
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis C
- Humans
- Interferon-alpha
- Male
- Middle Aged
- RNA, Viral
- Time Factors