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  • 标题:Significance of iron reduction for the therapy of chronic hepatitis C
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  • 作者:Nožić Darko ; Balint Bela ; Stanković Nebojša
  • 期刊名称:Vojnosanitetski pregled
  • 印刷版ISSN:0042-8450
  • 出版年度:2005
  • 卷号:62
  • 期号:2
  • 页码:161-164
  • DOI:10.2298/VSP0502161N
  • 出版社:Military Medical Academy, INI
  • 摘要:

    Background. It has been established that many patients with chronic hepatitis C have elevated serum iron, feritin levels and iron deposits in the liver. Therefore, the liver damage due to hepatitis C virus may be aggravated with iron overload. In many studies higher levels of iron in the blood and the liver were connected with the decreased response to interferon-alfa therapy for chronic viral hepatitis C. Recent introduction of pegylated interferons plus ribavirin has improved the therapeutic response, so it is now possible to cure more than 50% of the patients. Case report. Three patients with chronic hepatitis C and iron overload were presented. Iron reduction therapy using phlebotomy or eritrocytapheresis with plasmapheresis was done at different times in regard to specific antiviral therapy or as a sole therapy. Conclusion. It has been shown that iron reduction, sole or combined with antiviral therapy, led to the deacreased aminotransferase serum activity and might have slow down the evolution of chronic hepatitis C viral infection.

  • 关键词:hepatitis C; chronic; iron; interferons; phlebotomy; plasmapheresis
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