Renal failure associated with hepatitis C virus infection. Improvement in renal function after treatment with interferon-alpha |
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Authors: | PL Moses EL Krawitt W Aziz HL Corwin |
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Affiliation: | Department of Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine, FAHC, Burlington 05405-0068, USA. |
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Abstract: | Hepatitis C virus infection can result in mixed cryoglobulinemia and associated clinical syndromes including membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis. Reports regarding the efficacy of interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) in the treatment of patients with membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis and chronic hepatitis C infection have been inconclusive regarding improvement of renal function. We describe two patients with chronic hepatitis secondary to hepatitis C virus complicated by mixed cryoglobulinemia and membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis who developed severe renal failure which resolved after treatment with standard doses of IFN-alpha 2b. |
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