Follow-up of a patient with chronic hepatitis C-associated cryoglobulinemia during four and a half years of maintenance interferon treatment

J Clin Gastroenterol. 2001 Oct;33(4):327-9. doi: 10.1097/00004836-200110000-00015.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cryoglobulinemia / complications*
  • Cryoglobulinemia / diagnosis
  • Cryoglobulinemia / drug therapy*
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Hepatitis C, Chronic / complications*
  • Hepatitis C, Chronic / diagnosis
  • Hepatitis C, Chronic / drug therapy*
  • Humans
  • Injections, Subcutaneous
  • Interferons / administration & dosage*
  • Long-Term Care
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Interferons