title: Follow-up of a patient with chronic hepatitis C-associated cryoglobulinemia during four and a half years of maintenance interferon treatment.
abstract: In this report, we present a patient with chronic hepatitis C-associated cryoglobulinemia who was kept on maintenance interferon treatment because of flare-ups in cryoglobulinemia-associated signs and hepatitis after withdrawal, dose reduction, and increase in dose intervals of interferon. This type of interferon use for treatment of cryoglobulinemia gave us a chance to observe the long-term effects of interferon on cryoglobulinemia and chronic hepatitis C remission for biochemical, virologic, and histologic aspects.
authors.affiliation: Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey. rozaras@yahoo.com
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Celik
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ozaras
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ozbay
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003449:Cryoglobulinemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D019698:Hepatitis C, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007279:Injections, Subcutaneous; D007372:Interferons / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D008134:Long-Term Care; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D007372:Interferons