The sustained virologic response of nonresponder hepatitis C virus patients with retreatment
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
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]
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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Genome-wide expression profiling identifies type 1 interferon response pathways in active tuberculosis [PDF]
Contains fulltext : 108027.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb), remains the leading cause of mortality from a single infectious agent.
Crevel, R. van +86 more
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Muir-Torre syndrome - Treatment with isotretinoin and interferon alpha-2a can prevent tumour development [PDF]
Muir-Torre syndrome is a genodermatosis in which multiple internal malignancies are associated with cutaneous sebaceous tumours and kerato-acanthomas. A 57-year-old man presented with multiple sebaceous tumours, kerato-acanthomas, verrucous carcinoma of ...
Graefe, Tim +3 more
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Acute Hepatitis Induced by Alpha-Interferon in a Patient with Chronic Hepatitis C
Hepatic adverse effects occur very rarely with alpha-interferon therapy. A case of acute hepatitis induced by alpha-interferon in a 33-year-old man with chronic hepatitis C is described.
Ivan Kraus, Dinko Vitezic
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New approaches and therapeutic modalities for the treatment of patients with chronic hepatitis C
A major challenge in the field of hepatology is the fight against hepatitis C that affects more than 150 million people world-wide. Despite the enormous improvement that has been achieved in the therapy of chronic hepatitis C over the last decade, there ...
Markus Cornberg, Michael P. Manns
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THE IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELLS RECEPTORS RESEARCH UNDER EXPERIMENTAL INFLUENZA INFECTION IN VITRO
Introduction. It is known that interferon is a cytokine and is a substantial part of the immune system necessary for antigenic challenge immune response full expression. Also it is considered that every antigen is an interferon inducer.
A. N. Lisakov +6 more
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Response to combination therapy with interferon alfa-2a and ribavirin in chronic hepatitis C according to a TNF-alpha promoter polymorphism [PDF]
Background. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) is involved in the pathogenesis of chronic active hepatitis C. Polymorphisms in the promoter region of the TNF-alpha gene can alter the TNF-alpha expression and modify the host immune response.
Konig, A. +8 more
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Тhe prophylactic efficacy of a recombinant interferon alfa-2b drug in children with bronchial asthma
A prospective cohort study was conducted to assess the effect of a recombinant interferon alpha-2b prophylactic course on cyto-immunological parameters of induced sputum in children with mild asthma, the main trigger of exacerbation of which was ...
Y. I. Zhakov +2 more
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