Browsing by Subject "Hepatitis C"
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Acute pancreatitis associated with boceprevir: a case report
(Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases, 2014-07-01)Approximately 170 million people are infected with hepatitis C, and the sustained virological response rate to treatment with pegylated interferon and ribavirin is 30-50%. In an attempt to improve the chances of cure, ...
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Aspectos evolutivos de pacientes hemofílicos infectados pelo vírus da hepatite C
(Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2020-12-10)Introduction: The improvement in the treatment of hemophilia from the 90's, as well as the advent of interferon-free therapy against the hepatitis C virus (HCV) for infected patients, enabled a better evolution of these ...
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Association between insulin resistance and sustained virologic response in hepatitis C treatment, genotypes 1 versus 2 and 3: systematic literature review and meta-analysis
(Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases, 2013-10-01)BACKGROUND/AIMS: Controversial results have been found in literature for the association between insulin resistance and sustained virologic response to standard chronic hepatitis C treatment. This study aims to provide a ...
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Avaliação audiológica e monitoramento auditivo em pacientes com Hepatite C
(Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2019-12-18)Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is one of the leading causes of chronic liver disease in the world and may be associated with hearing loss due to the disease or traditional treatment. Objective: To verify the occurrence ...
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Avaliação da evolução da Fibrose Hepática em pacientes cirróticos com resposta virológica sustentada após tratamento de Hepatite C crônica
(Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2019-09-11)Background The advent of chronic hepatitis C therapy with direct acting antiviral agents (DAAs) without interferon made possible a cure rate in more than 90% of the infected patients and allowed the evaluation, through ...
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Avaliação da frequência de descompensação de cirrose hepática e óbito por doença hepática terminal em pacientes coinfectados pelo HIV/HCV e em pacientes vivendo exclusivamente com HCV
(Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2019-11-28)Introduction: People living with HIV have higher mortality rates when compared to the general population. Among the main non-AIDS-related causes of death in this population are liver diseases, which lead to cirrhotic liver ...
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Avaliação de uma estratégia de identificação de portadores de hepatite c em unidades ambulatoriais e de pronto-atendimento
(Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2018-06-06)Introduction: Hepatitis C is a viral infection that affects the liver, representing a serious public health problem. Over the years, a reduction in the prevalence of infection has been observed worldwide, due to the ...
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Avaliação do grau de fibrose hepática pelo método da elastografia por ARFI (acoustic radiation force impulse) antes e após sucessivos tratamentos da hepatite crônica C
(Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2020-05-25)Introduction: Liver biopsy (LB) is still considered the gold standard for assessing the degree of hepatic fibrosis (HF), as well as to investigate associated diseases and the degree of inflammation. However, there are some ...
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Barriers to treatment of hepatitis C in HIV/HCV coinfected adults in Brazil
(Contexto, 2010-05-01)The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of barriers to interferon treatment in a population of HIV/HCV coinfected patients. A cross-sectional study was conducted at two AIDS Outpatient Clinics in Brazil. ...
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Caracterização de autoanticorpos associados ao padrão de imunofluorescência “Rods & Rings” em pacientes infectados com o vírus da Hepatite C
(Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2011-07-27)Introdução: Pacientes com Hepatite C frequentemente tendem a produzir autoanticorpos. No teste fator antinúcleo em células HEp-2 (ANA-HEp-20), esses autoanticorpos geram diversos padrões de imunofluorescência, sendo o ...
