Hepatitis C Virus
Research from Osaka University, Department of Pediatrics provides new data about hepatitis C virus in children
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, April 21st, 2008
A new study, 'Hepatitis C virus infection and interferon therapy in patients with Down syndrome,' is now available. According to a study from Osaka, Japan, "The clinical features of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-associated liver diseases, or the efficacy of interferon (IFN) therapy in children with Down syndrome (DS) remain to be elucidated. The purpose of the present paper was to survey the features of liver diseases in this subset of children and evaluate the efficacy of IFN treatment in those patients."
"A questionnaire was sent to 41 members of the Japan Society of Pediatric Hepatology. Ten of them reported on 11 patients with DS who had concomitant chronic HCV infection,...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2008-04-21)
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