title: [Therapy of chronic hepatitis (author's transl)].
abstract: Therapy of chronic hepatitis as practized today is discussed, including general therapeutic procedures, the so-called "liver-protective substances", and drug therapy of chronic aggressive hepatitis and of liver cirrhosis. A causal treatment of chronic hepatitis is unknown; prognosis however can be improved by treatment with glucocorticoids as demonstrated by controlled clinical trials. A combination with azathioprin does have similarly good results with a decreased frequency of the unwanted side effects of the 2 drugs. The effects of other immunosuppressive drugs and of D-penicillamin cannot yet be evaluated sufficiently at present.
mesh_terms: D045930:Anabolic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001379:Azathioprine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001452:Balneology; D001510:Bed Rest; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D045930:Anabolic Agents; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D001379:Azathioprine
vernacular_title: Therapie chronisch-entzündlicher Lebererkrankungen.