Article
[HCV RNA clearance after treatment with interferon-alpha in chronic hemodialysis patients with or without coinfection by HGV/HGBV-C].
Nephrologie - 1 Jan 1997
Rostaing L, Izopet J, Moussion F, Alric L, Verdier D, That H T, Duffaut M, Durand D, Puel J, Suc J M
Abstract excerpt
Patients on maintenance hemodialysis are frequently infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). The long-term effect of alpha interferon therapy has not yet been assessed, or the influence of co-infection with the newly discovered hepatitis G/hepatitis GB virus-C (HGV/HGBV-C) upon therapy outcome. Ele...
Topics
- Adult
- Female
- Flaviviridae
- Genotype
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatitis, Viral, Human
- Humans
- Interferon alpha-2
- Interferon-alpha
- Liver
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- RNA, Viral
- Recombinant Proteins
- Renal Dialysis
- Treatment Outcome