[Chronic viral hepatitis due to the hepatitis C virus (HCV): treatment experience with lymphoblast interferon-alpha].

Authors :: Foti G
De Cicco M
Masseo A
Mangano C
Tripodi A
Foti N
Source :: Minerva medica [Minerva Med] 1996 Jan-Feb; Vol. 87 (1-2), pp. 53-5.
Publication Year :: 1996
Abstract: Ten patients affected with HCV-related chronic hepatitis received alpha lymphoblastoid-IFN, 3 mU i.m. TW, for 12 months. We obtained: 4 complete responses, 5 partial responses, 1 non-response (therapy stopped after 3 months). During the fourteen months follow-up, 4 patients (1 complete responder, 3 partial responders) relapsed.

Subjects :: Adult
Chronic Disease
Drug Evaluation
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Remission Induction
Time Factors
Hepatitis C therapy
Interferon-alpha administration & dosage

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