[PDF] Top 20 Long-term follow-up of patients with chronic hepatitis C with sustained virologic response to interferon

... durability of the sustained virologic response (SVR) in patients with chronic hepatitis C after treatment and the ideal follow-up time for ... See full document

... considered to be es- sential in the management of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in order to diagnose infection, and, most importantly, as a quide for treatment decisions and assess ... See full document

... that sustained virologic response to interferon treatment decreases incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with hepatitis C virus cir- ... See full document

... parameters of liver inflammation, which do not directly reflect extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling, we also tested the diagnostic accuracy of ELF test, a direct marker of liver fibrosis that could ... See full document

... All patients received a regimen of 3–6 MU IFN-a thrice weekly plus ribavirin 800–1200 mg per-day for 24 ...weeks. Of the 102 patients, 81 who were followed up more than 24 weeks after ... See full document

... Recurrent hepatitis C after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) is universal and can lead to graft failure and, consequently, reduced ...survival. Hepatitis C treatment can be used ... See full document

... for patients with CHB: IFN-based therapy and long-term viral suppression with nucleoside/nucleotide ...duration of IFN is a significant advantage, but long- term ... See full document

... a chronic disease in a large proportion of patients, ranging from 55% to 90%; it has a progressive fibrotic ...nature. Up to 20% of the cases may culminate in cirrhosis; ... See full document

... treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is funded by the national public health system ...(SUS). To evaluate treatment results in the state of Mato Grosso, central Brazil, we ... See full document

... number of limitations in our study should be noted. First, to be included in the analysis, patients recorded in the database must have had at least a CD4 cell count and pVL assessment within 6 ... See full document

... significance of hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes and their influence on response to long term recombinant-interferon-alpha (r-IFN-α) therapy in Brazilian ...from ... See full document

... ated with future renal disease. Objectives: To measure changes in renal function overtime in patients with ...eleven patients with preeclampsia and eight patients ... See full document

... 5’NC of the HCV genome was amplified by RT-PCR using the COBAS AMPLICOR Hepatitis C test (Roche Molecular Systems, ...purified with the QIAquick PCR purification kit (Quiagen, ...sequenced ... See full document

... Statistical analysis was performed using the statistical software «Statistica» (v6.0, StatSoft, USA). Baseline characteristics were summarized as frequencies and percentages for categorical variables and as mean ± SEM ... See full document

... outcomes of 44 patients with macro- prolactinomas who were treated with CAB, and this is the first report on CAB treatment in Korea with a relatively large sam- ple ...efficacy ... See full document

... Objective: To investigate the frequency of thyroid disorders (TD) in patients with chronic hepa- titis C before and during interferon-alpha (IFN-α) and ribavirin (RIB) ... See full document

... control of HCV replication. It is possible that an adequate NK cell response may control hepatotropic viruses such as HCV, even in the absence of virus-specific immune ...percentage of ... See full document

... 1,062; p = 0,01) estiveram independentemente associadas à presença de CM. Não houve associação entre a presença de CM e genótipo ou carga viral do vírus C. No total, 102 pacientes foram tratados com ... See full document

... seem to be directly involved in HCV clearance (Frese et ...among patients treated with IFN-α and ribavirin, serum TNF-α levels significantly decreased at the end of treatment (Neuman et ...in ... See full document

... RODRIGUES, R.; GONÇALVES, F. T.; JORGE, P. T. Prevalência de disfunção tiroideana e anticorpos antitiroideanos em pacientes portadores de diabetes melito tipo 1 e em seus familiares de primeiro grau. Arq Bras Endocrinol ... See full document