Hepatitis C: a critical analysis of therapeutic response predictors



Document title: Hepatitis C: a critical analysis of therapeutic response predictors
Journal: The brazilian journal of infectious diseases
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000290717
ISSN: 1413-8670
Authors: 1





Institutions: 1Instituto de Infectologia "Emilio Ribas", Sao Paulo. Brasil
Year:
Season: Abr
Volumen: 6
Number: 2
Pages: 74-81
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico
English abstract Treatment of chronic hepatitis C is still unspecific. However, there is great expectancy concerning the new pegylated interferons. As there has been much controversy about the best parameters to determine whether treatment is effective, we analyzed several criteria currently used for evaluation, including serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) normalization, viral load reduction and improvement of hepatic histology
Disciplines: Biología
Keyword: Anatomía e histología,
Inmunología,
Virus,
Normalization,
Hepatitis C,
Reducción,
Carga viral
Keyword: Biology,
Anatomy and histology,
Immunology,
Virus,
Normalization,
Hepatitis C,
Reduction,
Viral load
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