Is splenectomy a cause of antiviral treatment failure in hepatitis C virus infection? [1]

Hepatology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1340-

  Parana R ^a   Codes, L ^a   Andrade, Z ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; INTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN;

COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG RESPONSE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SPLENECTOMY; VACCINATION; VIRUS LOAD;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; SPLENECTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0035040926     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.2001.24451     Document Type: Letter

References (6)

1. Splenectomy and distal spleno-renal shunt performed in Sergipe before and after a special program for the control of schistosomiasis
2. Hepatitis B surface antigen carrier state in hepatosplenic schistosomiasis
3. Hepatitis C infection in Schistosomiasis mansoni in Brazil
4. Immunological modulation and evasion by helminth parasites in human population
5. Interferon therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis c and schistosomiasis
6. Clinical, virological and histopathological features: Long-term follow up in patients with chronic hepatitis C co-infected with S. mansoni