AIM: To clarify the effect of SEN virus (SENV) infection on a combination therapy including interferon alfa (IFN-α) or pegylated-IFN with ribavirin in patients with chronic hepatitis and the effect of a combination t...
AIM:To evaluate the potential of laparoscopy in the diagnosis of cirrhosis and outcome of interferon treatment in HCV-infected patients. METHODS:In this retrospective study,diagnostic laparoscopy with laparoscopic liv...
Supported by a grant of DFG (SFB 402 Teilprojekt C1 (Mihm));by a grant of Hoffmann La Roche (Grenzach-Wyhden, Germany);Part of the data has been presented as poster at the 1999 EASL-meeting in Neaples
AIM: To analyze the association of HCV-RNA with peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and to answer the question whether HCV-RNA positivity in PBMC is due to viral replication. METHODS: HCV-RNA was monitored in se...