title: Treatment of HCV positive individuals with normal serum ALT levels.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Kentucky School of Medicine, Lexington 40536, USA.
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Van Thiel
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Colantoni
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: De Maria
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents; D007372:Interferons; D000410:Alanine Transaminase