A severe hepatitis flare in an HBV-HCV coinfected patient during combination therapy with alpha-interferon and ribavirin

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We report a reactivation of hepatitis B virus infection and a severe hepatitis flare in a patient with chronic hepatitis due to dual infection with hepatitis B and C viruses during combination therapy with alpha-interferon and ribavirin. Pretreatment, HCV was the dominant virus, with detectable seru …
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Authors Yalcin K;Degertekin H;Yildiz F;Kilinc N;;
Journal journal of gastroenterology
Year 2003
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hepatitis c National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine male case reports middle aged Recurrence drug therapy combination antiviral agents / therapeutic use* ribavirin / therapeutic use* hepatitis b chronic / complications chronic / virology chronic / drug therapy* interferon-alpha / therapeutic use* virus activation / drug effects pmid:14505137 doi:10.1007/s00535-002-1149-5 kendal yalcin halil degertekin nihal kilinc

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