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Association between age at diagnosis and degree of liver injury in hepatitis C
Oliveira,Ana Cláudia de; Bortotti,Ana Clara; Nunes,Nathália Neves; Bacha,Ibrahin A.H. El; Parise,Edison RobertoIntroduction:A population-based survey conducted in Brazilian capital cities found that only 16% of the population had ever been tested for hepatitis C. These data suggest that much of the Brazilian population with HCV infection remains undiagnosed. The distribution of age ranges at diagnosis and its association with the degree of hepatitis C are still unknown in Brazilian patients.Material and methods:Patients...
Importância da resitência insulínica na hepatite C crônica
Parise,Edison Roberto; Oliveira,Ana Cláudia deOBJETIVO: Revisar a importância da resistência insulínica no desenvolvimento da hepatite C crônica e sua interferência na resposta ao tratamento antiviral de pacientes infectados pelo vírus da hepatite C. FONTE DE DADOS: Revisão bibliográfica de trabalhos publicados pelo MEDLINE e dados dos próprios autores. SÍNTESE DE DADOS: Nos últimos anos, grande número de publicações tem demonstrado importante associação e...
Response to treatment with interferon-alpha and ribavirin in patients with chro...
Parise,Edison Roberto; Oliveira,Ana Cláudia de; Conceição,Raquel D. O.; Amaral,Ana Cristina; Leite,KatiaThe combined therapy with interferon alfa plus ribavirin (INF+RBV) is considered the most appropriate treatment for patients with chronic hepatitis C virus genotypes 2 and 3 in Brazil. However, wide variations in the rates of sustained viral response (SVR) have been reported among such patients. We evaluated, retrospectively, factors associated with SVR in subjects with chronic hepatitis C virus genotypes 2 and...