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Interferon and other therapies for hepatitis B and hepatitis C infections
1Center for Liver Diseases, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Clinics in Laboratory Medicine
|June 1, 1996
Abstract:
Interferon is currently the only approved medication in the United States for treatment of chronic hepatitis B and C infections. The mechanism of action of interferon and guidelines for its administration are reviewed. Important clinical studies involving its use in hepatitis B and C infections are discussed, and investigational therapies for chronic viral hepatitis are highlighted.