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A CURE FOR RECENTLY ACQUIRED HEPATITIS C [PDF]

Journal of IMAB, 2022
Chronic hepatitis C is a global health threat. Most individuals infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) will inevitably progress to chronic infection, leading to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma.
Radka Komitova, Georgi Kiprin, Elica Golgocheva-Markova   +2 more
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Clinical and epidemiological characteristic of chronic hepatitis C in the republic of Tyva

Журнал инфектологии, 2023
Aim: To assess the current epidemiological situation and establish the dominant clinical profile of patients with chronic hepatitis C, taking into account the stage of the disease and the molecular genetic characteristics of the virus in the Republic of ...
A. A. Saryglar, S. O. Dongak, A. D. Ibrohimova, K. E. Novak, E. V. Esaulenko   +4 more
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The evaluation of liver fibrosis regression in chronic hepatitis C patients after the treatment with direct-acting antiviral agents – A review of the literature [PDF]

, 2019
The second-generation of direct-acting antiviral agents are the current treatment for chronic viral hepatitis C infection. To evaluate the regression of liver fibrosis in patients receiving this therapy, liver biopsy remains the most accurate method, but
Alexescu, Teodora G, Cibu, Bianca A, Ciulei, George, Coste, Sorina C, Cozma, Angela, Mureșan, Flaviu, Negrean, Vasile, Orasan, Olga H, Ovidiu, Fabian, Pfingstgraf, Iulia O, Popovici, Ionela E, Tarmure, Simina F, Taut, Adela V. S   +12 more
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Risk factors and outcome among a large patient cohort with community-acquired acute hepatitis C in Italy [PDF]

, 2006
BACKGROUND: The epidemiology of acute hepatitis C has changed during the past decade in Western countries. Acute HCV infection has a high rate of chronicity, but it is unclear when patients with acute infection should be treated.
Ancarani, Fausto, Antonucci, Giorgio, Babudieri, Sergio, Cariti, Giuseppe, Di Marco, Vito, Fabris, Paolo, Ferrari, Carlo, Francavilla, Ruggero, Massari, Marco, Medda, Emanuela, Pastore, Giuseppe, Santantonio, Teresa, Scotto, Gaetano, Stroffolini, Tommaso, Toti, Mario   +14 more
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Lipoprotein Receptors and Lipid Enzymes in Hepatitis C Virus Entry and Early Steps of Infection

Scientifica, 2012
Viruses are obligate intracellular agents that depend on host cells for successful propagation, hijacking cellular machineries to their own profit. The molecular interplay between host factors and invading viruses is a continuous coevolutionary process ...
Eve-Isabelle Pécheur
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Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in patients with cardiomyopathy

Annals of Hepatology, 2009
Chronic hepatitis C can be associated with extrahepatic manifestations; thus, we explored the association of this viral infection with dilated cardiomyopathy in a group of sixty-three patients with a cardiac ejection fraction of less than 40% determined ...
Vijaya Boyella;, Ikenna Onyebueke;, Najabh Farraj;, Suzette Graham-Hill;, Cherif El Younis;, Nora V. Bergasa   +5 more
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The Relationship Between Hepatic Activity Index and Serum Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Levels in Patients with Chronic Active Hepatitis-B and Chronic Active Hepatitis-C

Medicine Science, 2015
In the present study, we investigated the relationship between serum TNF-α levels and hepatic activity in liver biopsies of chronic hepatitis B and C patients.The study was performed on 30 chronic hepatitis B patients, 25 chronic hepatitis C ...
Yilmaz Bilgic, Murat Harputluoglu, Bulent Yaprak, Mehmet Burak Dal, Mehmet Bugra Bozan, Abdurrahman Sahin, Fatih Mehmet Yazar, Yasir Furkan Cagin, Nihat Okcu   +8 more
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Urinary porphyrin excretion in hepatitis C infection [PDF]

, 1999
A high prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in porphyria cutanea tarda in some populations suggests a close link between viral hepatitis and alteration of porphyrin metabolism.
Jacob, Karl, Vogeser, Michael, Zachoval, Reinhart   +2 more
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Liver transplantation for viral hepatitis in 2015 [PDF]

, 2016
Liver transplantation (LT) is a life-saving treatment for patients with end-stage liver disease and for patients with liver cell cancer related to liver disease.
Bortoluzzi, Ilaria, Burra, Patrizia, Ferrarese, Alberto, Gambato, Martina, Germani, Giacomo, Nadal, Elena, Russo, FRANCESCO PAOLO, Senzolo, Marco, Zanetto, Alberto   +8 more
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Baseline anti-NS4a antibodies in combination with on-treatment quantitative HCV-RNA reliably identifies nonresponders to pegylated interferon-ribavirin combination therapy after 4 weeks of treatment [PDF]

, 2010
Background Early detection of nonresponders to hepatitis C therapy limits unnecessary exposure to treatment and its side-effects. A recent algorithm combining baseline anti-NS4a antibodies and on-treatment quantitative PCR identified nonresponders to a ...
de Knegt, Robert J, Desombere, Isabelle, Haagmans, Bart, Hansen, Bettina, Janssen, Harry LA, Leroux-Roels, Geert, Orlent, Hans, Schalm, Solko W, Van Vlierberghe, Hans   +8 more
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