Adding low-dose antidepressants to interferon alpha treatment for chronic hepatitis C improved psychiatric tolerability in a patient with schizoaffective psychosis [PDF]
, 2000 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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Interferon signalling in the liver : implications for the natural course and therapy of hepatitis C [PDF]
, 2012 Hepatitis C virus is a global health concern, estimated to infect 2-3% of the world's population. Inter-individual differences in the course of infection and response to therapy, highlighted by recent genomewide association studies, point to the crucial ...
Makowska, Zuzanna
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Comparison of the Effects of Early Pregnancy with Human Interferon, Alpha 2 (IFNA2), on Gene Expression in Bovine Endometrium [PDF]
, 2012 Interferon tau (IFNT), a type I IFN similar to alpha IFNs (IFNA), is the pregnancy recognition signal produced by the ruminant conceptus. To elucidate specific effects of bovine IFNT and of other conceptus-derived factors, endometrial gene expression ...
Sax, Gerhard +10 more
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Journal of Translational Medicine, 2008 Background To determine the role of interferon-alpha in controlling HIV infection we phenotypically and functionally analyzed circulating plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDC), which are known to be the highest interferon-alpha producing cells, in 33 ...
Plebani Alessandro +10 more
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Proliferative retinopathy in a diabetic on interferon therapy: A diagnostic dilemma
Kerala Journal of Ophthalmology, 2016 Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a blood-borne RNA virus that causes hepatitis C, chronic liver disease, and hepatocellular carcinoma. Patients with HCV infection are now treated with a combination of interferon alpha, which has antiviral and immunomodulatory ...
Prajina Rahul +4 more
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Epstein-Barr Virus LF2: an Antagonist to Type 1 Interferon [PDF]
, 2009 Upon viral infection, the major defense mounted by the host immune system is activation of the interferon (IFN)-mediated antiviral pathway, which is mediated by IFN regulatory factors (IRFs).
Shin, Young Chul +8 more
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INTERFERON-ALPHA-INDUCED DEMANTIA
Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 2021 Interferon (IFN) treatment can produce side effects in the central nervous system. In this case report, a case of IFN-alphainduced dementia is reported and subject is reviewed.
Ali Ceran, Özcan Uzun, Salih Battal
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The sustained virologic response of nonresponder hepatitis C virus patients with retreatment
Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2011 Background: Pegylated interferon and ribavirin combination therapy remain the first-line treatment for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. In contrast to the large number of studies in treatment-naive patients, the effectiveness of retreatment in ...
Sila Cetin Akhan +2 more
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Use of Pegylated Interferon Alpha-2a in Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma: A Retrospective Case Collection
Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 2023 Mycosis fungoides and Sézary syndrome are rare and largely incurable types of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma with limited therapeutic options. In 1984 Bunn et al.
Janika Gosmann +4 more
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Retinal Changes In Patients with Hepatitis C Virus under treatment with interferon and ribavirin. [PDF]
Egyptian Journal of Medical Research, 2020 Background: Chronic Hepatitis C is common problem worldwide treated by combination of interferon alpha and ribavirin. Retinopathy is one of the side effects of interferon therapy.
Mansour Hassan +3 more
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