Impact of cigarette smoking on response to interferon therapy in chronic hepatitis C Egyptian patien

• 作 者: A.EI-Zayadi OsaimaSelim H.Hamd
• 机 构: DepartmentsofTropicalMedicine,DepartmentofClinicalPathology,DepartmentofPathology,DepartmentofHepato
• 出 处: 世界胃肠病学杂志：英文版（电子版）
• 发表日期: 2004年20期
• 关键词: 香烟 反应 干扰素 冲击 慢性丙型肝炎 HCV 埃及 肝脏 Alanine TransaminaseAntiviral AgentsDisease Progre

AIM: Smoking may affect adversely the response rate to interferon-α. Our objective was to verify this issue among chronic hepatitis C patients. METHODS: Over the year 1998, 138 chronic hepatitis C male Egyptian patients presenting to Cairo Liver Center, w