Treatment of HCV positive individuals with normal serum ALT levels
Van Thiel, D.H.; Colantoni, A.; De Maria, N.
Hepato-Gastroenterology 45(20): 321-324
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0172-6390 PMID: 9638399 Document Number: 489684
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.
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