title: [Effects of a treatment with a thymus extract (thymostimulin) in acute viral hepatitis B in drug-dependent patients].
abstract: The authors carried out a controlled therapeutic trial with Thymostimulin in 43 drug addicts affected by acute type B anti-Delta negative viral hepatitis. Both clinical and immunological picture seem to improve following treatment.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D001663:Bilirubin / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology; D006510:Hepatitis B Antibodies / Q000032:analysis; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006513:Hepatitis B e Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D006377:T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer / Q000276:immunology; D050378:T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory / Q000276:immunology; D013949:Thymus Extracts / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D006510:Hepatitis B Antibodies; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens; D006513:Hepatitis B e Antigens; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D013949:Thymus Extracts; C031407:thymostimulin; D001663:Bilirubin
vernacular_title: Effetti di un trattamento con estratto timico (timostimolina) nella virus epatite acuta tipo B in pazienti tossicodipendenti.