Thyroid disorders in patients with chronic hepatitis C using interferon-alpha and ribavirin therapy
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the frequency of thyroid disorders (TD) in patients with chronic hepatitis C before and during interferon-alpha (IFN-α) and ribavirin (RIB) treatment. STUDY DESIGN: Prospective study. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We prospectively studied 65 anti-HCV and viral RNA positive patients...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702011000400013&lng=en&tlng=en |