DETECTABLE LEVELS OF IGM ANTIBODIES TO HEPATITIS-C VIRUS CORE PROTEINPREDICT BREAKTHROUGH IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEPATITIS-C TREATED WITH INTERFERON-ALPHA

Authors
FRACASSETTI O TAMBINI R PERANI V VICARI O LORENZI N DELVECCHIO G
Citation
O. Fracassetti et al., DETECTABLE LEVELS OF IGM ANTIBODIES TO HEPATITIS-C VIRUS CORE PROTEINPREDICT BREAKTHROUGH IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEPATITIS-C TREATED WITH INTERFERON-ALPHA, Journal of viral hepatitis, 3(5), 1996, pp. 265-266
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology","Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Journal of viral hepatitis → ACNP
ISSN journal
13520504
Volume
3
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
265 - 266
Database
ISI
SICI code
1352-0504(1996)3:5<265:DLOIAT>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
The predictive value of IgM antibodies to hepatitis C virus core antig en (HCcAb) is controversial. We studied 79 patients undergoing interfe ron-alpha (IFN-alpha) treatment and we found that detectable levels of IgM HCcAb could predict breakthrough on treatment.