Clinical management of a patient with drug dependence who attempted suicide while receiving peginterferon therapy for chronic hepatitis C

Pegylated interferon-alpha combined with ribavirin is the current gold standard treatment for chronic hepatitis C. Illicit drug dependence is not a rare co-morbidity among chronic hepatitis C population, what can make antiviral treatment an outmost challenge. Despite high sustained virological respo...

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Main Authors: Bruno Cópio Fábregas, Alexandre Sampaio Moura, Renata Cristiane Marciano, Ricardo Andrade Carmo, Antônio Lúcio Teixeira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702009000500015&lng=en&tlng=en