Monitoring plasma ribavirin level during combined antiviral treatment of patients with chronic HCV infection
E Fráter, G Papp, V Gáspár, I Tornai · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2011 · Heft 05
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Zusammenfassung
Introduction: Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is more frequent among patients who receive haemodialysis (HD) than that of the general population. In some patients, end-stage renal disease develops from the glomerulonephritis caused by the HCV infection. Equally dangerous is the nosocomial infection during the HD treatment. In both cases, the antiviral treatment is highly recommended, especially for those, who could undergo kidney transplantation. To compare the ribavirin level of patients with renal disease with that of patients with healthy kidney functions, a control group of the latest has been esta…