Treatment of HCV positive individuals with normal serum ALT levels.
A substantial number of cases of chronic hepatitis C infection can be shown to have normal or near normal serum ALT levels. Major questions that arise when such cases are seen are: should such patients be treated; if so for how long; and what is the end point of therapy. The reported experience of such patients treated by IFN is reviewed.
Van Thiel
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Department of Medicine, University of Kentucky School of Medicine, Lexington 40536, USA.
Colantoni
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De Maria
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D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000097:blood*; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019698:Hepatitis C, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007372:Interferons / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D000998:Antiviral Agents; D007372:Interferons; D000410:Alanine Transaminase