Onset of Celiac Disease after Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C with Interferon Based Triple Therapy

Background. Patients treated with interferon (IFN) based therapies may develop exacerbation of autoimmune disease. We herein present the case of a 53-year-old female patient who developed celiac disease (CD) as a result of triple therapy (interferon, ribavirin, and boceprevir) for chronic HCV. Case....

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Main Authors: Amandeep Singh, Nayere Zaeri, Immanuel K. Ho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Hepatology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/763497