Therapy (HCV)
"Efficacy of Interferon in Treating Chronic Hepatitis C in Children with a History of Acute Leukemia."
Published in Virus Weekly, June 24th, 1996
According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Blood, "Interferon (IFN) is effective in treating adults as well as children with chronic hepatitis C. We investigated the efficacy of IFN therapy in 13 children with underlying acute leukemia who had chronic hepatitis C (age range, 5 to 17 years; mean age, 9.9 years). Natural IFN-alpha was administered at a dose of 0.1 mega unit (MU)/kg (maximum dose, 6.0 MU) daily for 2 weeks and then three times per week for an additional 22 weeks (total dose, 8 MU/kg). IFN treatment was initiated at least 2 years after the completion of treatment for acute leukemia. A complete response was obtained in 5 children (38%). The serum level...
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Source: Virus Weekly (1996-06-24)
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