Interferon Alfa-2b Alone or in Combination with Ribavirin as Initial Treatment for Chronic Hepatitis C [PDF]
BACKGROUND Only 15 to 20 percent of patients with chronic hepatitis C have a sustained virologic response to interferon therapy. We compared the efficacy and safety of recombinant interferon alfa-2b alone with those of a combination of interferon alfa-2b
Albrecht, Janice K., , Ph.D. +9 more
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Background and Aim Ropeginterferon alfa‐2b is a novel mono‐pegylated, extra‐long‐acting interferon. It is administered infrequently and showed good tolerability and clinical activity for the chronic hepatitis B or C treatment in our previous Phase 2 ...
Chi‐Yi Chen +22 more
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Modern opportunities of interferons in treatment of children with COVID-19
Introduction. In 2020, most doctors were at the frontlines in the fight against the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19). In the process of searching for effective etiotropic drugs, news came in that type I interferons had been successfully used for ...
Asiya I. Safina +4 more
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Guidance on Noncorticosteroid Systemic Immunomodulatory Therapy in Noninfectious Uveitis : Fundamentals Of Care for UveitiS (FOCUS) Initiative [PDF]
Supplemental material available at www.aaojournal.org. Supported by AbbVie, Inc., and the Fundamentals of Care for Uveitis Initiative National Faculty.
Accorinti, Massimo +50 more
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Treatment with polyethylene glycol-modified interferon alfa-2a (peginterferon) alone produces significantly higher sustained antiviral responses than treatment with interferon alfa-2a alone in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection.
Francisco Bosques-Padilla, MD +7 more
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Peginterferon alfa-2a plus ribavirin for chronic hepatitis C virus infection. [PDF]
BACKGROUND Treatment with peginterferon alfa-2a alone produces significantly higher sustained virologic responses than treatment with interferon alfa-2a alone in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. We compared the efficacy and safety
Carosi, Giampiero, , M.D. +13 more
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Prediction of the response of chronic hepatitis C to interferon alfa: a statistical analysis of pretreatment variables [PDF]
Pretreatment variables that could predict the response of chronic hepatitis C to interferon alfa treatment have not been fully assessed. Eighteen baseline variables were evaluated in a series of 100 consecutive patients treated with a 12 month course of ...
Camps, J. (J.) +5 more
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SIDE EFFECTS OF VARIOUS SCHEMES OF INTERFERON THERAPY OF CHRONIC HEPATITIS C AND THEIR CORRECTION
The aim of this work was to assess the frequency and severity of major interferon-induced side effects depending on the applied interferon drug. The study included 29 patients with chronic hepatitis C with genotype 1b, 2, 3a/b.
A. M. Ryumin +2 more
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Kaposi's sarcoma in a patient with erythroblastopenia and thymoma: Reactivation after topical corticosteroids [PDF]
We report a 69-year-old female with erythroblastopenia and thymoma who developed lesions of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) after thymectomy, 2 months after the initiation of therapy with methylprednisolone.
Alomar, A. +8 more
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An expert consensus for the management of chronic hepatitis B in Asian Americans. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is common with major clinical consequences. In Asian Americans, the HBsAg carrier rate ranges from 2% to 16% which approximates the rates from their countries of origin.
Abbas +173 more
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