Nephrotic syndrome with pegylated interferon alfa 2a and ribavirin for a patient with chronic hepatitis C
β Scribed by Ajit Sood; Vandana Midha; Jaswinder S. Sandhu; Neena Sood; Amarjit Kaur; Rasham Mittal; Sandeep Puri
- Book ID
- 107680838
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 69 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0254-8860
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## Abstract The safety and efficacy of pegylated interferon (PEGβIFN) alfaβ2a and ribavirin were studied among patients treated for genotype 4 chronic hepatitis C. Ninetyβfive patients with chronic hepatitis C genotype 4 were treated with PEGβIFN alfaβ2a (180βΒ΅g/week) plus ribavirin (β₯11βmg/kg/day)
Patients receiving therapy for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection frequently experience cytopenias and weight loss. We retrospectively assessed the pharmacodynamic effects of pegylated interferon (PEG-IFN) alfa-2a and ribavirin by evaluating the relationship between changes in hematologic par