Chronic Hepatitis C Therapy in Liver Cirrhosis Complicated by Telaprevir-Induced DRESS

Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) is a rare yet severe adverse drug-induced reaction with up to 10% mortality rate. Recent clinical trials reported an association between DRESS and telaprevir (TVR), an NS3/4A protease inhibitor of chronic hepatitis C (CHC) virus genotype...

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Main Authors: Omar Y. S. Mousa, Rossa Khalaf, Rhonda L. Shannon, Chukwuma I. Egwim, Scott A. Zela, Victor Ankoma-Sey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/380424