Therapy (HCV)
"Longitudinal Study of Antibodies Against Thyroid in Patients Undergoing Interferon-Alpha Therapy for HCV Chronic Hepatitis."
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, October 16th, 1995
According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Hormone Research, "Seventy-five patients (50 M, 25 Fl, affected by chronic hepatitis caused by hepatitis C virus (HCV), without clinically overt thyroid disease, underwent (alpha)-interferon (IFN)-alpha-2a treatment (3-6 MU, 3 times/week) for 12 months. They were tested for thyroid function and for thyroid autoantibodies before (A), 6 (B) and 12 (C) months after the beginning of treatment and after 6 (D) months off therapy. Antithyroglobulin antibodies (Tg-Ab) and TSH were measured by IRMA, antiperoxidase antibodies (TPO-Ab), free T-3 (FT3) and free T-4 (FT4) by RIA, thyrotropin receptor antibodies (TR-Ab) by RRA. None of the...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (1995-10-16)
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