Treatment with interferon-alpha in patients with chronic hepatitis and mood or anxiety disorders.
We prospectively studied 50 patients treated with interferon-alpha for chronic hepatitis and found no evidence that patients with a pre-existing mood or anxiety disorder were more likely than other patients to interrupt the interferon-alpha therapy.
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Carpiniello
D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D019694:Hepatitis B, Chronic / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D019698:Hepatitis C, Chronic / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D016898:Interferon-alpha / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D010349:Patient Compliance; D016019:Survival Analysis
D016898:Interferon-alpha