Efficacy of interferon treatment (IFN) in elderly patients with chronic hepatitis C

The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of interferon treatment in aged patients with chronic hepatitis C. One hundred and fifty-four patients with chronic hepatitis C, consecutively treated with a-interferon (a-IFN), were retrospectively subdivided into two groups accord...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Le infezioni in medicina 2003-12, Vol.11 (4), p.208
Hauptverfasser:	Alessi, Nunziata, Freni, Maria Antonietta, Spadaro, Aldo, Ajello, Antonino, Turiano, Santi, Migliorato, Domenico, Ferraù, Oscar
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Age Factors Aged Antiviral Agents - administration & dosage Antiviral Agents - adverse effects Antiviral Agents - therapeutic use Dose-Response Relationship, Drug Female Hepacivirus - genetics Hepacivirus - isolation & purification Hepatitis C, Chronic - drug therapy Hepatitis C, Chronic - virology Humans Interferon-alpha - administration & dosage Interferon-alpha - adverse effects Interferon-alpha - therapeutic use Male Middle Aged Retrospective Studies Safety Treatment Outcome
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Zusammenfassung:	The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of interferon treatment in aged patients with chronic hepatitis C. One hundred and fifty-four patients with chronic hepatitis C, consecutively treated with a-interferon (a-IFN), were retrospectively subdivided into two groups according to age =60 or
ISSN:	1124-9390