Chronic Hepatitis
Cost effectiveness of peginterferon alfa-2B combined with ribavirin for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C in Brazil
... of chronic hepatitis C (CHC) with peginterferon alpha-2b/ribavirin (PegIFN + Rib) produced larger sustained viral response (SVR) compared to the conventional (non-pegylated) interferon/ribavirin (IFN + ...
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Gender influence on treatment of chronic hepatitis C genotype 1
... his study concluded that, while women and men exhibit similar clinical, histological and virological disease characteristics before beginning treatment, they react diferently to combined therapy, especially with regard ...
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Chronic Hepatitis E Virus Infection in a Pediatric Female Liver Transplant Recipient
... travel, and no potential route of HEV transmission other than consumption of pork was identified. The living organ donor tested negative for anti-HEV antibodies. No prior serum samples were available. However, ...
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Do differences exist between chronic hepatitis C genotypes 2 and 3?
... Another fi nding of the present study was the association between HCV-3 and more advanced stages of fi brosis. Several risk factors have been associated with the histological progression of chronic hepatitis ...
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Portal cd4+ and cd8+ t lymphocyte correlate to intensity of interface hepatitis in chronic hepatitis C
... The significant positive correlation between portal and periportal CD8+ LT expression and interface hepatitis (Fig. 2B) can be seen as an evidence of the occurrence of a cytotoxic immune-mediated lesion. It is ...
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Treatment for Chronic Hepatitis C: Drugs and Treatment Response Patterns
... with chronic hepatitis C; its efficacy in achieving an SVR is greater than that of the conventional treatment with IFN- α in isolation or with the combination of IFN-α and ribavirin (56% ...
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Cost-effectiveness of telbivudine versus lamivudine for chronic hepatitis B
... A systematic review was conducted by two independent re- viewers, to compare efficacy of telbivudine and lamivudine. The electronic searches were conducted in the following databases: MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, SciELO, ...
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Successful lamivudine therapy for chronic hepatitis B in the family
... Background. Hepatitis B virus infection is a global public health problem since it is a leading cause of liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular ...for chronic hepatitis B include standard and pegilated ...
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PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEPATITIS C AND NORMAL TRANSAMINASES
... with chronic hepatitis C and persistently normal ALT levels are similar to that in patients with elevated ALT ...of hepatitis C can be evaluated independently from baseline ALT ...
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Pre-existing mutations in reverse transcriptase of hepatitis B virus in treatment-naive Chinese patients with chronic hepatitis B.
... in hepatitis B virus (HBV) polymerase lead to the generation of mutations in HBV ...treatment-naïve hepatitis patients (defined as pre-existing mutations) need to be further ...treatment-naive ...
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Response predictors to treatment with pegylated interferon in chronic hepatitis B
... of chronic hepatitis B has become progressively more important as a factor of therapeutic ...of chronic hepatitis ...treated chronic hepa- titis B ...
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Chronic Hepatitis C Virus in the State of Piauí, Northeastern Brazil
... The majority of our patients had mild to moderate degrees of periportal or perisseptal necroinflammatory activities, i.e., between 0 and 3 according to classification of Brazilian Societies of Pathology and Hepatology, ...
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Comparison of entecavir and adefovir for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B
... with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) were published in recent ...serum hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA clearance rate obtained in patients treated with ETV was significantly higher than that in patients ...
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Characterization of HBeAg-Negative Chronic Hepatitis B in Western Brazilian Amazonia
... for hepatitis B virus (HBV), where a large part of the population is infected in perinatal period and during ...of chronic carriers of HBV surface antigen (HBsAg) in these areas varies between 5% and 15% ...
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In vitro-induced antibody production in chronic hepatitis C virus infection
... Also, no significant correlation was ob- served between viral load and IVIAP levels (P = 0.37). The correlation between the pres- ence of viremia and in vitro antibody pro- duction seems to be clear, as also demon- ...
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Comparison of circulating, hepatocyte specific messenger RNA and microRNA as biomarkers for chronic hepatitis B and C.
... were chronic hepatitis B patients without liver cirrhosis or hepatocel- lular ...1. Hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) and hepatitis B virus e antigen (HBeAg) were measured by Abbott ...
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Assessment of the treatment of chronic hepatitis C in the state of Mato Grosso, central Brazil
... rillo RP, Carey W, Jacobson IM, Payne J, Dienstag Jl, David H, Van Thiel V, Tamburro C, lefkowitch J, Albrecht J, Meschiev- itz C, Ortego TJ, Gibas A, The Hepatitis Interventional Therapy Group 1989. Treatment of ...
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METABOLIC FACE OF CHRONIC HEPATITIS B AND C IN BULGARIA
... with chronic hepatitis C genotype 1 is near to the reported mean prevalence of 55%, with range of 38% to 80% (11, 12, ...with chronic hepatitis C is higher than reported in the general ...
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Assesment of mineral metabolism in patients with HIV-infection, chronic hepatitis с and co-infection HIV/ chronic hepatitis С
... with chronic hepatitis C and co-infection ...with chronic hepatitis C — 32 patients, with HIV infection — 34 and co-infection of HIV/HCV — 33 ...with chronic hepatitis ...of ...
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Chronic Hepatitis C: Pathological Anatomy
... the hepatitis C virus (HCV), there is a wide spectrum of histological alterations that can affect the liver, from acute hepatitis to mild reactive phenomena to more severe forms, including chronic ...
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