Effectiveness of add-on Pegylated interferon alfa-2a therapy in a Lamivudine-treated patient with chronic hepatitis B



Título del documento: Effectiveness of add-on Pegylated interferon alfa-2a therapy in a Lamivudine-treated patient with chronic hepatitis B
Revue: Annals of hepatology
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000416322
ISSN: 1665-2681
Autores: 1
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Instituciones: 1Ospedale Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli , Divisione delle Malattie Infetive, Reggio Calabria, Calabria. Italia
2Ospedale Accademico di Messina, Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, Messina, Sicilia. Italia
Año:
Periodo: Ene-Mar
Volumen: 10
Número: 1
Paginación: 84-87
País: México
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Caso clínico, descriptivo
Resumen en inglés Hepatitis B virus (HBV) surface antigen (HBsAg) to anti-HBsAg (anti-HBs) antibody seroconversion is the best, final objective for all available chronic hepatitis B (CHB) treatments. Unfortunately, this goal is rarely obtained with the currently utilized therapeutic approaches. Here we describe the case of a CHB patient who was very successfully treated with a particular therapeutic schedule. The patient was initially treated with Lamivudine for four years. Subsequently, pegylated interferon alpha-2a was introduced for a period of one year. During this period of combined therapies, the patient showed a flare of aminotransferase values followed by complete normalization of liver biochemistry parameters and HBsAg/anti-HBs seroconversion that persisted up to 24 months after all therapies had been stopped
Disciplinas: Medicina
Palabras clave: Gastroenterología,
Terapéutica y rehabilitación,
Hepatitis crónica,
Virus de la hepatitis B,
Terapia antiviral,
Lamivudina,
Peginterferón
Keyword: Gastroenterology,
Therapeutics and rehabilitation,
Chronic hepatitis,
Hepatitis B virus,
Antiviral therapy,
Lamivudine,
Pegylated interferon
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