Acute hepatitis induced by α-interferon, associated with viral clearance, in chronic hepatitis C

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1113-1116

  Cervoni, Jean Paul ^a   Degos, Françoise ^a   Marcellin, Patrick ^a   Erlinger, Serge ^a  

^a Serv d'Hepatologie U Rech P   (France)

Author keywords

Autoimmune hepatitis; Hepatitis C virus; Interferon

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA2A INTERFERON; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PROTHROMBIN; VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CASE REPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; JAUNDICE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0030842328     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(97)80157-2     Document Type: Article

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