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Treatment for chronic hepatitis C
Current Gastroenterology Reports, 2003Approximately four million Americans have been exposed to the hepatitis C virus (HCV) and are anti-HCV positive; almost three million are chronically infected and HCV RNA positive. Treatment for chronic hepatitis C has improved rapidly over the past 12 years from interferon monotherapy, with a sustained virologic response (SVR) rate of about 10% in the
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Treatment of chronic hepatitis C
Journal of Hepatology, 1991alpha-Interferon given subcutaneously at doses between 1-3 million units leads to responses in about 50% of patients suffering from chronic hepatitis C. A 24-week treatment is frequently (approx. 50%) followed by relapses reducing the percentage of lasting responders to approx. 20%.
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Chronic Hepatitis C: Early Intervention
Hospital Practice, 1998Chronic hepatitis C infection is the most common liver disease in the United States; it accounts for up to 12,000 deaths annually and is the most common referral for liver transplantation. Recognition of acute infection is desirable because treatment may prevent chronicity.
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Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine, 2002
Eleven years have elapsed since the hepatitis type C was first reported and treatment with interferon alone has resulted in about 30% recovery in man. In the case of heavy infection by HCV genotype 1b, 2a, interferon treatment has not been wholly satisfactory and treatment with long term combination of interferon and ribavirin appears to be most ...
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Eleven years have elapsed since the hepatitis type C was first reported and treatment with interferon alone has resulted in about 30% recovery in man. In the case of heavy infection by HCV genotype 1b, 2a, interferon treatment has not been wholly satisfactory and treatment with long term combination of interferon and ribavirin appears to be most ...
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