Alpha interferon treatment of chronic non-A, non-B hepatitis caused by intravenous gammaglobulin

Scand J Infect Dis. 1988;20(2):231-2. doi: 10.3109/00365548809032443.

Abstract

Two patients with hypogammaglobulinemia and chronic active non-A, non-B hepatitis caused by intravenous gammaglobulin substitution were treated long-term with alpha-2b interferon (Introna). Both achieved normal aminotransferase levels within 2-12 weeks after initiation of interferon therapy. One patient was rebiopsied after 6 months of therapy and showed some degree of improvement in the liver inflammatory activity. The beneficial effects warrant a randomized controlled study.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Female
  • Hepatitis C / therapy*
  • Hepatitis, Chronic / therapy*
  • Hepatitis, Viral, Human / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Interferon Type I / adverse effects
  • Interferon Type I / therapeutic use*
  • Middle Aged
  • Time Factors
  • gamma-Globulins / administration & dosage
  • gamma-Globulins / adverse effects

Substances

  • Interferon Type I
  • gamma-Globulins