Analysis of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in patients with chronic hepatitis C before and after treatment with interferon alpha

BACKGROUND: Previous studies have shown that patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) were more likely to be seropositive for hepatitis C virus (HCV) than normal controls, and that patients with chronic hepatitis C treated with interferon alpha (IFN-alpha) sometimes developed pulmonary fibr...

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Published in:	Thorax Vol. 52; no. 1; pp. 33 - 37
Main Authors:	Yamaguchi, S, Kubo, K, Fujimoto, K, Honda, T, Sekiguchi, M, Sodeyama, T
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society 01-01-1997 BMJ BMJ Publishing Group LTD BMJ Group
Subjects:	Adult Antibiotics. Antiinfectious agents. Antiparasitic agents Antiviral agents Biological and medical sciences Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Cell Count Chronic Disease Cytokines - analysis Female Hepatitis C Hepatitis C - therapy Humans Interferon-alpha - therapeutic use Leukocytes Lymphocyte Subsets Macrophages, Alveolar Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Pharmacology. Drug treatments Prospective Studies Respiratory Function Tests Human Alpha interferon Cytokine Quantization Hepatic disease Exploration Respiratory system Assay Infection Chemotherapy Chronic Treatment Bronchoalveolar lavage Viral disease Antiviral Digestive diseases Lymphocyte Comparative study Viral hepatitis C
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