Treatment with interferon-alpha in patients with chronic hepatitis and mood or anxiety disorders

Authors
Pariante, CM Orru, MG Baita, A Farci, MG Carpiniello, B
Citation
Cm. Pariante et al., Treatment with interferon-alpha in patients with chronic hepatitis and mood or anxiety disorders, LANCET, 354(9173), 1999, pp. 131-132
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine","Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
LANCET
ISSN journal
01406736 → ACNP
Volume
354
Issue
9173
Year of publication
1999
Pages
131 - 132
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-6736(19990710)354:9173<131:TWIIPW>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
We prospectively studied 50 patients treated with interferon-cr for chronic hepatitis and found no evidence that patients with a pre-existing mood ol anxiety disorder were more likely than other patients to interrupt the inte rferon-alpha therapy.