Treatment of chronic viral hepatitis anno 1990.
The therapeutic efficacy of alpha-interferon therapy in chronic hepatitis is discussed in light of various international studies. Although beneficial to some extent, treatment is of limited value and is accompanied by more-or-less serious side effects. Development of complementary drugs and new therapeutic methods must therefore be continued.
Schalm
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Department of Internal Medicine and Hepatogastroenterology, University Hospital Dijkzigt, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006521:Hepatitis, Chronic / Q000628:therapy*; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D016898:Interferon-alpha / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D016898:Interferon-alpha