HCV HEPATITIS ASSOCIATED WITH ANTICARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY AND A CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT - RESPONSE TO INTERFERON THERAPY

Authors
MALNICK SDH ABEND Y EVRON E STHOEGER ZM
Citation
Sdh. Malnick et al., HCV HEPATITIS ASSOCIATED WITH ANTICARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY AND A CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT - RESPONSE TO INTERFERON THERAPY, Journal of clinical gastroenterology, 24(1), 1997, pp. 40-42
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
Journal of clinical gastroenterology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01920790
Volume
24
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
40 - 42
Database
ISI
SICI code
0192-0790(1997)24:1<40:HHAWAA>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
A 54-year-old man with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) developed quadr ihemianopsia caused by lacunar brain infarction. Extensive evaluation revealed high titers of anticardiolipin antibodies (ACA). Following in terferon treatment (6 x 10(6), three times a week for 2 months and 3 x 10(6) for another 7 months), liver transaminase levels decreased to n ormal, HCV RNA in blood was no longer detectable, concomitantly with t he disappearance of the ACA. The patient remained clinically stable wi thout evidence for either HCV activity (RNA) or ACA or further thrombo embolic events.