Therapy with interferon-a 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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Main Authors: Lopes Edmundo P.A., Valente Lucila M., Silva A. Eduardo B., Kirsztajn Gianna Mastroianni, Cruz Cibele N., Ferraz Maria Lucia G
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2003-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702003000500011