Are anti-interferon antibodies the cause of failure in: chronic HCV hepatitis treatment?

A follow-up study was made of 94 chronic hepatitis C patients at a hepatitis clinic in Brazil, after interferon alpha (IFN-alpha) therapy, to determine the influence of anti-interferon antibodies on treatment outcome. Patients diagnosed as having chronic hepatitis C, confirmed by PCR (HCV RNA) and l...

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Main Authors: Antonio Alci Barone, Rose Aparecida Borges Tosta, Fátima Mitiko Tengan, José Humberto Caetano Marins, Norma de Paula Cavalheiro, Bruno Andrade Cardi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702004000100002&lng=en&tlng=en