METABOLIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR COMORBIDITIES IN BULGARIAN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC VIRAL B AND C HEPATITIS [PDF]
Recent epidemiologic data on chronic viral B and C hepatitis in Bulgaria are limited.The evolution of these infections depends on liver complications and the presence of nonliver comorbidities.
Radoslava Tsrancheva+10 more
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Treatment of anicteric acute hepatitis C with peginterferon alpha-2a plus ribavirin [PDF]
Background. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is the most frequent cause of chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma in the world. Acute hepatitis C is the most commonly asymptomatic liver disease with the development of chronic HCV ...
Delić Dragan+4 more
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Adding low-dose antidepressants to interferon alpha treatment for chronic hepatitis C improved psychiatric tolerability in a patient with schizoaffective psychosis [PDF]
Treatment of chronic hepatitis C with interferon alpha (IFN-alpha) is relatively contraindicated in patients with psychiatric disorders because of possible severe psychiatric side effects.
Amann, B.+5 more
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Discontinuation of Immunotherapy in Patients With Relapsing Myelitis Without AQP4/MOG Antibodies
ABSTRACT This study assesses the outcomes of immunotherapy discontinuation in patients with relapsing seronegative idiopathic myelitis (SIM), a condition that remains uninvestigated due to its rarity. We reviewed records from 77 patients with relapsing SIM at the National Cancer Center of Korea, focusing on 11 who discontinued treatment after a median ...
Ki Hoon Kim+4 more
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ABSTRACT Objective To compare the effectiveness of high‐efficacy treatments (HET) and low‐efficacy treatments (LET) in NMOSD patients with anti‐aquaporin‐4 antibodies (AQP4‐ab). Methods In this multi‐center study, we analyzed 183 AQP4‐ab seropositive NMOSD patients who received immunosuppressive treatments (IST).
Xiang Li+10 more
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Extracellular vesicles (EVs) play a dual role in diagnostics and therapeutics, offering innovative solutions for treating cancer, cardiovascular, neurodegenerative, and orthopedic diseases. This review highlights EVs’ potential to revolutionize personalized medicine through specific applications in disease detection and treatment.
Farbod Ebrahimi+4 more
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Relation of IL28B gene polymorphism with biochemical and histological features in hepatitis C virus-induced liver disease. [PDF]
BACKGROUND/AIMS:Polymorphism at the IL28B gene may modify the course of hepatitis C virus (HCV) chronic infection. Our aim was to study the influence of IL28B rs12979860 gene polymorphism on the biochemistry and pathology of HCV-induced disease in the ...
José A Agúndez+12 more
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The impact of illicit drug use on Spontaneous Hepatitis C Clearance: Experience from a large cohort population study [PDF]
Background and Aims: Acute hepatitis C infection usually ends in chronic infection, while in a minority of patients it is spontaneously cleared. The current population-based study is performed on a large cohort in Golestan province of Iran to examine the
Esmaili, S.+7 more
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Impact of previous hepatitis B infection on the clinical outcomes from chronic hepatitis C? A population-level analysis [PDF]
Chronic coinfection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) is associated with adverse liver outcomes. The clinical impact of previous HBV infection on liver disease in HCV infection is unknown. We aimed at determining any association of
Allen, S.+20 more
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Following interferon-based therapy for chronic hepatitis C, the negativity of hepatitis C virus RNA is essential to achieve viral clearance at the end of treatment.
Akira Sato+5 more
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