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9676129

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-9-9
pubmed:abstractText
Various papers reported that chronic viral hepatitis is the principal cause of chronic liver disease, as cirrhosis and hepatocarcinoma. Interferon is the only agent known to have a beneficial effect in chronic hepatitis. The response rate has been less than 10 percent in patients with genotype 1b, but in patients with genotype 2 or 3 it has been greater than 40 percent. Aim of our investigation was to study 10 patients suffering from chronic viral hepatitis HCV related, genotype 1b, non responder to interferon-alpha therapy. In these patients we administered beta-interferon at the dose of 6 million units, 3 times a week, for 3 months. A significant reduction of aminotransferase level was reported after 3 months of the start of the therapy. An higher level of beta-interferon plasma rate was found in 3 non responder patients. The interaction of beta-interferon with the immune system was demonstrated with an increase of CD8+ lymphocytes that correlated with decrease of HCVRNA. The treatment with beta-interferon have a beneficial effect in patients with chronic hepatitis HCV related, genotype 1b, no responder to interferon-alpha therapy.
pubmed:language
ita
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0034-1193
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
89
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
235-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
[beta-Interferon therapy of chronic hepatitis HCV+, 1b genotype].
pubmed:affiliation
Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Nefrologia, Università, IRCCS, Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract