Therapy with interferon-alpha plus ribavirin for membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis induced by hepatitis C virus
We describe a treatment made with interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) plus ribavirin of two patients with membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) induced by hepatitis C virus (HCV): Case 1 was a 22-year-old woman with leg and facial edema, hypertension and proteinuria, whose liver biopsy revealed c...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702003000500011&lng=en&tlng=en |