metricas
covid
Buscar en
Annals of Hepatology
Toda la web
Inicio Annals of Hepatology Indications and contraindications for treatment of hepatitis C virus infections
Journal Information

Statistics

Follow this link to access the full text of the article

Indications and contraindications for treatment of hepatitis C virus infections
David Kershenobich1,
Corresponding author
kesdhipa@solar.sar.net

Address for correspondence:
1 Facultad de Medicina, UNAM, Hospital General de México, Unidad de Medicina Experimental, México, D.F. México
Read
13775
Times
was read the article
1440
Total PDF
12335
Total HTML
Share statistics
 array:24 [
  "pii" => "S1665268119319647"
  "issn" => "16652681"
  "doi" => "10.1016/S1665-2681(19)31964-7"
  "estado" => "S300"
  "fechaPublicacion" => "2006-01-01"
  "aid" => "71623"
  "copyright" => "Fundación Clínica Médica Sur, A.C."
  "copyrightAnyo" => "2006"
  "documento" => "article"
  "crossmark" => 0
  "licencia" => "http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/"
  "subdocumento" => "fla"
  "cita" => "Ann Hepatol. 2006;5 Supl 1:S22-3"
  "abierto" => array:3 [
    "ES" => true
    "ES2" => true
    "LATM" => true
  ]
  "gratuito" => true
  "lecturas" => array:2 [
    "total" => 85
    "formatos" => array:3 [
      "EPUB" => 10
      "HTML" => 41
      "PDF" => 34
    ]
  ]
  "itemSiguiente" => array:19 [
    "pii" => "S1665268119319659"
    "issn" => "16652681"
    "doi" => "10.1016/S1665-2681(19)31965-9"
    "estado" => "S300"
    "fechaPublicacion" => "2006-01-01"
    "aid" => "71624"
    "copyright" => "Fundación Clínica Médica Sur, A.C."
    "documento" => "article"
    "crossmark" => 0
    "licencia" => "http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/"
    "subdocumento" => "fla"
    "cita" => "Ann Hepatol. 2006;5 Supl 1:S24-8"
    "abierto" => array:3 [
      "ES" => true
      "ES2" => true
      "LATM" => true
    ]
    "gratuito" => true
    "lecturas" => array:2 [
      "total" => 54
      "formatos" => array:3 [
        "EPUB" => 7
        "HTML" => 30
        "PDF" => 17
      ]
    ]
    "en" => array:8 [
      "idiomaDefecto" => true
      "titulo" => "Predictive factors for response to treatment of chronic hepatitis C"
      "tienePdf" => "en"
      "tieneTextoCompleto" => "en"
      "paginas" => array:1 [
        0 => array:2 [
          "paginaInicial" => "S24"
          "paginaFinal" => "S28"
        ]
      ]
      "contieneTextoCompleto" => array:1 [
        "en" => true
      ]
      "contienePdf" => array:1 [
        "en" => true
      ]
      "autores" => array:1 [
        0 => array:2 [
          "autoresLista" => "Blanca Olaechea de Careaga"
          "autores" => array:1 [
            0 => array:2 [
              "nombre" => "Blanca"
              "apellidos" => "Olaechea de Careaga"
            ]
          ]
        ]
      ]
    ]
    "idiomaDefecto" => "en"
    "EPUB" => "https://multimedia.elsevier.es/PublicationsMultimediaV1/item/epub/S1665268119319659?idApp=UINPBA00004N"
    "url" => "/16652681/00000005000000S1/v1_201906280857/S1665268119319659/v1_201906280857/en/main.assets"
  ]
  "itemAnterior" => array:19 [
    "pii" => "S1665268119319635"
    "issn" => "16652681"
    "doi" => "10.1016/S1665-2681(19)31963-5"
    "estado" => "S300"
    "fechaPublicacion" => "2006-01-01"
    "aid" => "71622"
    "copyright" => "Fundación Clínica Médica Sur, A.C."
    "documento" => "article"
    "crossmark" => 0
    "licencia" => "http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/"
    "subdocumento" => "fla"
    "cita" => "Ann Hepatol. 2006;5 Supl 1:S19-21"
    "abierto" => array:3 [
      "ES" => true
      "ES2" => true
      "LATM" => true
    ]
    "gratuito" => true
    "lecturas" => array:2 [
      "total" => 62
      "formatos" => array:3 [
        "EPUB" => 11
        "HTML" => 22
        "PDF" => 29
      ]
    ]
    "en" => array:8 [
      "idiomaDefecto" => true
      "titulo" => "Usefulness of liver biopsies in chronic infection with hepatitis C virus"
      "tienePdf" => "en"
      "tieneTextoCompleto" => "en"
      "paginas" => array:1 [
        0 => array:2 [
          "paginaInicial" => "S19"
          "paginaFinal" => "S21"
        ]
      ]
      "contieneTextoCompleto" => array:1 [
        "en" => true
      ]
      "contienePdf" => array:1 [
        "en" => true
      ]
      "autores" => array:1 [
        0 => array:2 [
          "autoresLista" => "Jesús Aguirre García"
          "autores" => array:1 [
            0 => array:2 [
              "nombre" => "Jesús"
              "apellidos" => "Aguirre García"
            ]
          ]
        ]
      ]
    ]
    "idiomaDefecto" => "en"
    "EPUB" => "https://multimedia.elsevier.es/PublicationsMultimediaV1/item/epub/S1665268119319635?idApp=UINPBA00004N"
    "url" => "/16652681/00000005000000S1/v1_201906280857/S1665268119319635/v1_201906280857/en/main.assets"
  ]
  "en" => array:10 [
    "idiomaDefecto" => true
    "titulo" => "Indications and contraindications for treatment of hepatitis C virus infections"
    "tieneTextoCompleto" => true
    "paginas" => array:1 [
      0 => array:2 [
        "paginaInicial" => "S22"
        "paginaFinal" => "S23"
      ]
    ]
    "autores" => array:1 [
      0 => array:4 [
        "autoresLista" => "David Kershenobich"
        "autores" => array:1 [
          0 => array:4 [
            "nombre" => "David"
            "apellidos" => "Kershenobich"
            "email" => array:1 [
              0 => "kesdhipa@solar.sar.net"
            ]
            "referencia" => array:2 [
              0 => array:2 [
                "etiqueta" => "<span class="elsevierStyleSup">1</span>"
                "identificador" => "aff1"
              ]
              1 => array:2 [
                "etiqueta" => "<span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#42;</span>"
                "identificador" => "cor1"
              ]
            ]
          ]
        ]
        "afiliaciones" => array:1 [
          0 => array:3 [
            "entidad" => "Facultad de Medicina&#44; UNAM&#44; Hospital General de M&#233;xico&#44; Unidad de Medicina Experimental&#44; M&#233;xico&#44; D&#46;F&#46; M&#233;xico"
            "etiqueta" => "1"
            "identificador" => "aff1"
          ]
        ]
        "correspondencia" => array:1 [
          0 => array:3 [
            "identificador" => "cor1"
            "etiqueta" => "&#42;"
            "correspondencia" => "Address for correspondence&#58;"
          ]
        ]
      ]
    ]
    "textoCompleto" => "<span class="elsevierStyleSections"><span id="sec0005" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0005">Treatment indications</span><p id="p0005" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">All patients with chronic hepatitis C virus &#40;HCV&#41; infections are considered prospects for antiviral treatment to prevent progression of liver damage to cirrhosis or hepatocarcinoma&#46; The consensus is that such treatment must entail a combination of interferon alfa and rivabirin&#46; <a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0005"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">1</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44;</span><a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0015"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3</span></a> Treatment is indicated for anti-HCV-positive&#44; HCV RNA-positive patients with increased serum aminotransferase levels and for whom there is histological evidence of chronic hepatitis&#44; provided there are no specific contraindications&#46; <a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0020"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a> The following should be taken into consideration when deciding whether to initiate treatment&#58; age&#44; comorbidities&#44; extrahepatic manifestations such as cryoglobulinemia and glomerulonephritis&#44; and quality of life&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0025"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5</span></a> It is important to note that decisions on whether treatment should be implemented must not be based on the way in which the CHV was acquired or the presence or absence of symptoms&#46; Whether HCV genotypes or HCV RNA levels are valid indicators for treatment is the subject of debate&#46;</p><p id="p0010" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Patients with genotypes 2 and 3 may be treated at any stage of the disease because of the high frequency of sustained virological response in these patients&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0030"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">6</span></a></p><p id="p0015" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Patients with liver cirrhosis and hepatitis C who comply with the criteria mentioned previously and who have no clinical history of decompensation such as ascites&#44; bleeding varices&#44; severe malnutrition&#44; or grossly abnormal laboratory indexes are also prospects for treatment&#46;</p><p id="p0020" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The decision to initiate a treatment must be made on an individual basis for patients who are older than 65 years&#44; have persistently normal aminotransferase levels&#44; display no histological evidence of fibrosis or portal fibrosis &#40;Metavir 1&#41;&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0035"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">7</span></a> have HIV or HBV coinfection&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0040"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">8</span></a> or fail to respond to or relapse from treatment with nonpegylated interferon alfa with or without ribavirin&#46; In the last-mentioned instance&#44; it is advisable to obtain histological evidence of the grade of fibrosis or cirrhosis before making a decision&#46;</p><p id="p0025" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Hepatitis C patients who are prospects for renal transplantation should undergo treatment prior to transplantation&#46; As frequent adjustments of drug doses are required for patients with chronic renal failure&#44; it is advisable to obtain histological confirmation of the stage of liver disease&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0045"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">9</span></a></p><p id="p0030" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Antiviral treatment of patients awaiting liver transplantation may be considered to stabilize or improve liver function&#46; In liver transplant patients with reinfected grafts&#44; the trend is to initiate treatment at an early stage to prevent the progression of this condition&#46; In such cases&#44; it is necessary to take a liver biopsy&#46; Treatment is often extended for longer than usual&#46; The issue of maintenance therapy with long-term follow-ups is still the subject of research&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0050"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">10</span></a></p><p id="p0035" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Treatment of children with hepatitis C should be carried out in controlled clinical studies&#46;</p><p id="p0040" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">At present&#44; treatment of cases of acute hepatitis C with pegylated interferon or interferon alfa monotherapy is considered justified&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0055"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">11</span></a></p></span><span id="sec0010" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0010">Contraindications</span><p id="p0045" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Treatment is not recommended for hepatitis C patients with clinically decompensated liver cirrhosis&#46; Treatment is contraindicated in the presence of pregnancy&#44; severe depression&#44; significant neuropsychiatric syndromes&#44; alcohol abuse&#44; drug addiction&#44; active autoimmune diseases such as lupus erythematosus&#44; rheumatoid arthritis or psoriasis&#44; severe anemia&#44; liver failure&#44; failure to apply contraceptive measures during treatment&#44; uncompensated dysthyroidism&#44; recent organ transplantation&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0060"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">12</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44;</span><a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0065"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">13</span></a></p><p id="p0050" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The issues and recommendations of the consensus panel are as follows</p><p id="p0055" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">1&#46; Who are the ideal prospects for treatment&#63;</p><p id="p0060" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Patients who are anti-HCV positive and have persistently elevated ALT levels and viral loads with a diagnosis of chronic hepatitis or liver cirrhosis child A associated to platelet levels higher than 75&#44;000&#46; hemoglobin &#62; 12 g&#47;dL&#46; Patients without preexisting neutropenia and in whom there is an absence of decompensated associated diseases&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0015" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0015">The quality of evidence for this recommendation was given a rating of 2</span><p id="p0065" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Combined antiviral treatment &#40;Pegylated interferon plus Ribavirin&#41; is contraindicated in instances of&#58;</p><p id="p0070" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall"><ul class="elsevierStyleList" id="li0005"><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="list0005"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="p0075" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">decompensate psychiatric disease&#44;</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="list0010"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="p0080" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">decompensate diabetes mellitus&#44;</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="list0015"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="p0085" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">decompensate arterial hypertension&#44;</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="list0020"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="p0090" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">decompensate hemoglobinopathy&#44;</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="list0025"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="p0095" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">decompensate autoimmune diseases&#44;</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="list0030"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="p0100" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">immunosuppressive treatment &#40;nontransplanted patients&#41;&#44;</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="list0035"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="p0105" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">thrombocytopenia &#40;&#60; 50&#44;000 platelets per microliter&#41;&#44; and</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="list0040"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="p0110" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">neutropenia &#40;&#60; 750 cells per milliliter&#41;&#46;</p></li></ul></p></span><span id="sec0020" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0020">The quality of evidence for this recommendation was given a rating of 2</span><span id="sec0025" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0025">Special indications</span><p id="p0115" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Patients with neutropenia &#40;&#60; 750 cells per milliliter&#41;&#44; thrombocytopenia &#40;&#60; 50&#44;000 platelets per microliter&#41; and other hematological pathologies in transplant and research programs must be treated individually by physicians with experience in the management of such patients&#46;</p></span></span><span id="sec0030" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0030">The quality of evidence for this recommendation was given a rating of 3</span><p id="p0120" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Should patients receiving immunosuppressive treatment for pathologies other than liver transplants &#40;e&#46;g&#46;&#44; lupus and renal transplants&#41; be considered for treatment&#63;</p><p id="p0125" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Such patients should be given the opportunity of treatment&#46; However&#44; they should be treated by physicians with experience in the management of this type of patient&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0035" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0035">The quality of evidence for this recommendation was given a rating of 2</span><p id="p0130" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Which physicians should treat patients infected with HCV&#63;</p><p id="p0135" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Gastroenterologists&#44; internists&#44; infectologists&#44; and hepatologists with experience in the management of these patients&#46;</p><p id="p0140" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The quality of evidence for this recommendation was given a rating of 3</p></span></span>"
    "textoCompletoSecciones" => array:1 [
      "secciones" => array:7 [
        0 => array:2 [
          "identificador" => "sec0005"
          "titulo" => "Treatment indications"
        ]
        1 => array:2 [
          "identificador" => "sec0010"
          "titulo" => "Contraindications"
        ]
        2 => array:2 [
          "identificador" => "sec0015"
          "titulo" => "The quality of evidence for this recommendation was given a rating of 2"
        ]
        3 => array:3 [
          "identificador" => "sec0020"
          "titulo" => "The quality of evidence for this recommendation was given a rating of 2"
          "secciones" => array:1 [
            0 => array:2 [
              "identificador" => "sec0025"
              "titulo" => "Special indications"
            ]
          ]
        ]
        4 => array:2 [
          "identificador" => "sec0030"
          "titulo" => "The quality of evidence for this recommendation was given a rating of 3"
        ]
        5 => array:2 [
          "identificador" => "sec0035"
          "titulo" => "The quality of evidence for this recommendation was given a rating of 2"
        ]
        6 => array:1 [
          "titulo" => "References"
        ]
      ]
    ]
    "pdfFichero" => "main.pdf"
    "tienePdf" => true
    "bibliografia" => array:2 [
      "titulo" => "References"
      "seccion" => array:1 [
        0 => array:2 [
          "identificador" => "bs0005"
          "bibliografiaReferencia" => array:13 [
            0 => array:3 [
              "identificador" => "bib0005"
              "etiqueta" => "1&#46;"
              "referencia" => array:1 [
                0 => array:2 [
                  "contribucion" => array:1 [
                    0 => array:2 [
                      "titulo" => "The management of chronic viral hepatitis&#58; a Canadian consensus conference 2004"
                      "autores" => array:1 [
                        0 => array:2 [
                          "etal" => true
                          "autores" => array:4 [
                            0 => "Sherman M"
                            1 => "Bain V"
                            2 => "Villeneuve J&#46;P&#46;"
                            3 => "Myers R&#46;P&#46;"
                          ]
                        ]
                      ]
                    ]
                  ]
                  "host" => array:1 [
                    0 => array:2 [
                      "doi" => "10.1155/2004/201031"
                      "Revista" => array:6 [
                        "tituloSerie" => "Can J Gastroenterol"
                        "fecha" => "2004"
                        "volumen" => "18"
                        "paginaInicial" => "715"
                        "paginaFinal" => "728"
                        "link" => array:1 [
                          0 => array:2 [
                            "url" => "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15605136"
                            "web" => "Medline"
                          ]
                        ]
                      ]
                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              ]
            ]
            1 => array:3 [
              "identificador" => "bib0010"
              "etiqueta" => "2&#46;"
              "referencia" => array:1 [
                0 => array:2 [
                  "contribucion" => array:1 [
                    0 => array:1 [
                      "titulo" => "Proceedings of the Consensus Conference on Hepatitis C&#46; April 21-22&#44; 2004&#46; Edinburgh&#44; United Kingdom"
                    ]
                  ]
                  "host" => array:1 [
                    0 => array:2 [
                      "doi" => "10.1111/j.1365-2893.2004.00567.x"
                      "Revista" => array:7 [
                        "tituloSerie" => "J Viral Hepat"
                        "fecha" => "2004"
                        "volumen" => "11"
                        "numero" => "Suppl&#46;1"
                        "paginaInicial" => "1"
                        "paginaFinal" => "39"
                        "link" => array:1 [
                          0 => array:2 [
                            "url" => "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15357855"
                            "web" => "Medline"
                          ]
                        ]
                      ]
                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              ]
            ]
            2 => array:3 [
              "identificador" => "bib0015"
              "etiqueta" => "3&#46;"
              "referencia" => array:1 [
                0 => array:2 [
                  "contribucion" => array:1 [
                    0 => array:2 [
                      "titulo" => "Treatment of hepatitis C&#58; critical appraisal of the evidence"
                      "autores" => array:1 [
                        0 => array:2 [
                          "etal" => false
                          "autores" => array:5 [
                            0 => "Camma C"
                            1 => "Licata A"
                            2 => "Cabibbo G"
                            3 => "Latteri F"
                            4 => "Craxi A"
                          ]
                        ]
                      ]
                    ]
                  ]
                  "host" => array:1 [
                    0 => array:2 [
                      "doi" => "10.1517/14656566.6.3.399\t"
                      "Revista" => array:7 [
                        "tituloSerie" => "Expert Opin Pharmacother"
                        "fecha" => "2005"
                        "volumen" => "6"
                        "paginaInicial" => "399"
                        "paginaFinal" => "408"
                        "link" => array:1 [
                          0 => array:2 [
                            "url" => "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15794731"
                            "web" => "Medline"
                          ]
                        ]
                        "itemHostRev" => array:3 [
                          "pii" => "S1134282X13000663"
                          "estado" => "S300"
                          "issn" => "1134282X"
                        ]
                      ]
                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              ]
            ]
            3 => array:3 [
              "identificador" => "bib0020"
              "etiqueta" => "4&#46;"
              "referencia" => array:1 [
                0 => array:2 [
                  "contribucion" => array:1 [
                    0 => array:2 [
                      "titulo" => "Diagnosis&#44; Management&#44; and Treatment of Hepatitis C"
                      "autores" => array:1 [
                        0 => array:2 [
                          "etal" => false
                          "autores" => array:4 [
                            0 => "Strader D&#46;B&#46;"
                            1 => "Wright T"
                            2 => "Thomas D&#46;L&#46;"
                            3 => "Seeff L&#46;B&#46;"
                          ]
                        ]
                      ]
                    ]
                  ]
                  "host" => array:1 [
                    0 => array:2 [
                      "doi" => "10.1002/hep.20119"
                      "Revista" => array:6 [
                        "tituloSerie" => "Hepatology"
                        "fecha" => "2004"
                        "volumen" => "39"
                        "paginaInicial" => "1147"
                        "paginaFinal" => "1171"
                        "link" => array:1 [
                          0 => array:2 [
                            "url" => "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15057920"
                            "web" => "Medline"
                          ]
                        ]
                      ]
                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              ]
            ]
            4 => array:3 [
              "identificador" => "bib0025"
              "etiqueta" => "5&#46;"
              "referencia" => array:1 [
                0 => array:2 [
                  "contribucion" => array:1 [
                    0 => array:2 [
                      "titulo" => "Treatment of hepatitis C"
                      "autores" => array:1 [
                        0 => array:2 [
                          "etal" => false
                          "autores" => array:2 [
                            0 => "Heathcote J"
                            1 => "Main J"
                          ]
                        ]
                      ]
                    ]
                  ]
                  "host" => array:1 [
                    0 => array:2 [
                      "doi" => "10.1111/j.1365-2893.2005.00600.x"
                      "Revista" => array:7 [
                        "tituloSerie" => "J Viral Hepat"
                        "fecha" => "2005"
                        "volumen" => "12"
                        "paginaInicial" => "223"
                        "paginaFinal" => "235"
                        "link" => array:1 [
                          0 => array:2 [
                            "url" => "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15850462"
                            "web" => "Medline"
                          ]
                        ]
                        "itemHostRev" => array:3 [
                          "pii" => "S0264410X17317905"
                          "estado" => "S300"
                          "issn" => "0264410X"
                        ]
                      ]
                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              ]
            ]
            5 => array:3 [
              "identificador" => "bib0030"
              "etiqueta" => "6&#46;"
              "referencia" => array:1 [
                0 => array:2 [
                  "contribucion" => array:1 [
                    0 => array:2 [
                      "titulo" => "Management of chronic hepatitis C"
                      "autores" => array:1 [
                        0 => array:2 [
                          "etal" => false
                          "autores" => array:2 [
                            0 => "Lo Re V 3rd"
                            1 => "Kostman J&#46;R&#46;"
                          ]
                        ]
                      ]
                    ]
                  ]
                  "host" => array:1 [
                    0 => array:2 [
                      "doi" => "10.1136/pgmj.2004.025403"
                      "Revista" => array:6 [
                        "tituloSerie" => "Postgrad Med J"
                        "fecha" => "2005"
                        "volumen" => "81"
                        "paginaInicial" => "376"
                        "paginaFinal" => "382"
                        "link" => array:1 [
                          0 => array:2 [
                            "url" => "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15937203"
                            "web" => "Medline"
                          ]
                        ]
                      ]
                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              ]
            ]
            6 => array:3 [
              "identificador" => "bib0035"
              "etiqueta" => "7&#46;"
              "referencia" => array:1 [
                0 => array:2 [
                  "contribucion" => array:1 [
                    0 => array:2 [
                      "titulo" => "Indications for interferon&#47;ribavirin therapy in hepatitis C patients&#58; findings from a survey of Canadian hepatologists"
                      "autores" => array:1 [
                        0 => array:2 [
                          "etal" => false
                          "autores" => array:5 [
                            0 => "Wang P"
                            1 => "Yi Q"
                            2 => "Scully L"
                            3 => "Heathcote J"
                            4 => "Krahn M"
                          ]
                        ]
                      ]
                    ]
                  ]
                  "host" => array:1 [
                    0 => array:2 [
                      "doi" => "10.1155/2003/498120"
                      "Revista" => array:6 [
                        "tituloSerie" => "Can J Gastroenterol"
                        "fecha" => "2003"
                        "volumen" => "17"
                        "paginaInicial" => "183"
                        "paginaFinal" => "186"
                        "link" => array:1 [
                          0 => array:2 [
                            "url" => "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12677268"
                            "web" => "Medline"
                          ]
                        ]
                      ]
                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              ]
            ]
            7 => array:3 [
              "identificador" => "bib0040"
              "etiqueta" => "8&#46;"
              "referencia" => array:1 [
                0 => array:2 [
                  "contribucion" => array:1 [
                    0 => array:2 [
                      "titulo" => "Consensus conference on chronic viral hepatitis and HIV infection&#58; updated Spanish recommendations"
                      "autores" => array:1 [
                        0 => array:2 [
                          "etal" => true
                          "autores" => array:3 [
                            0 => "Soriano V"
                            1 => "Miro J&#46;M&#46;"
                            2 => "Garcia-Samaniego J"
                          ]
                        ]
                      ]
                    ]
                  ]
                  "host" => array:1 [
                    0 => array:1 [
                      "Revista" => array:7 [
                        "tituloSerie" => "J Viral Hepat"
                        "fecha" => "2004"
                        "volumen" => "11"
                        "paginaInicial" => "2"
                        "paginaFinal" => "17"
                        "link" => array:1 [
                          0 => array:2 [
                            "url" => "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14738553"
                            "web" => "Medline"
                          ]
                        ]
                        "itemHostRev" => array:3 [
                          "pii" => "S0014256517301625"
                          "estado" => "S300"
                          "issn" => "00142565"
                        ]
                      ]
                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              ]
            ]
            8 => array:3 [
              "identificador" => "bib0045"
              "etiqueta" => "9&#46;"
              "referencia" => array:1 [
                0 => array:2 [
                  "contribucion" => array:1 [
                    0 => array:2 [
                      "titulo" => "Treatment of chronic hepatitis C infection in patients with renal failure"
                      "autores" => array:1 [
                        0 => array:2 [
                          "etal" => false
                          "autores" => array:2 [
                            0 => "Martin P"
                            1 => "Fabrizi F"
                          ]
                        ]
                      ]
                    ]
                  ]
                  "host" => array:1 [
                    0 => array:1 [
                      "Revista" => array:6 [
                        "tituloSerie" => "Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol"
                        "fecha" => "2005"
                        "volumen" => "3"
                        "paginaInicial" => "S113"
                        "paginaFinal" => "7"
                        "link" => array:1 [
                          0 => array:2 [
                            "url" => "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16234057"
                            "web" => "Medline"
                          ]
                        ]
                      ]
                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              ]
            ]
            9 => array:3 [
              "identificador" => "bib0050"
              "etiqueta" => "10&#46;"
              "referencia" => array:1 [
                0 => array:2 [
                  "contribucion" => array:1 [
                    0 => array:2 [
                      "titulo" => "International Liver Transplantation Society Expert Panel&#46; Report of the first International Liver Transplantation Society expert panel consensus conference on liver transplantation and hepatitis C"
                      "autores" => array:1 [
                        0 => array:2 [
                          "etal" => false
                          "autores" => array:3 [
                            0 => "Wiesner R&#46;H&#46;"
                            1 => "Sorrell M"
                            2 => "Villamil F"
                          ]
                        ]
                      ]
                    ]
                  ]
                  "host" => array:1 [
                    0 => array:2 [
                      "doi" => "10.1053/jlts.2003.50268"
                      "Revista" => array:6 [
                        "tituloSerie" => "Liver Transpl"
                        "fecha" => "2003"
                        "volumen" => "9"
                        "paginaInicial" => "S1"
                        "paginaFinal" => "9"
                        "link" => array:1 [
                          0 => array:2 [
                            "url" => "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15015495"
                            "web" => "Medline"
                          ]
                        ]
                      ]
                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              ]
            ]
            10 => array:3 [
              "identificador" => "bib0055"
              "etiqueta" => "11&#46;"
              "referencia" => array:1 [
                0 => array:2 [
                  "contribucion" => array:1 [
                    0 => array:2 [
                      "titulo" => "Treatment Options for Hepatitis C Infection in Children"
                      "autores" => array:1 [
                        0 => array:2 [
                          "etal" => false
                          "autores" => array:2 [
                            0 => "Delgado-Borrego A"
                            1 => "Jonas M&#46;M&#46;"
                          ]
                        ]
                      ]
                    ]
                  ]
                  "host" => array:1 [
                    0 => array:1 [
                      "Revista" => array:6 [
                        "tituloSerie" => "Curr Treat Options Gastroenterol"
                        "fecha" => "2004"
                        "volumen" => "7"
                        "paginaInicial" => "373"
                        "paginaFinal" => "379"
                        "link" => array:1 [
                          0 => array:2 [
                            "url" => "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15345208"
                            "web" => "Medline"
                          ]
                        ]
                      ]
                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              ]
            ]
            11 => array:3 [
              "identificador" => "bib0060"
              "etiqueta" => "12&#46;"
              "referencia" => array:1 [
                0 => array:2 [
                  "contribucion" => array:1 [
                    0 => array:2 [
                      "titulo" => "Hepatitis C infection&#58; eligibility for antiviral therapies"
                      "autores" => array:1 [
                        0 => array:2 [
                          "etal" => true
                          "autores" => array:3 [
                            0 => "Delwaide J"
                            1 => "El Saqouda R"
                            2 => "Gerard C"
                          ]
                        ]
                      ]
                    ]
                  ]
                  "host" => array:1 [
                    0 => array:1 [
                      "Revista" => array:6 [
                        "tituloSerie" => "Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol"
                        "fecha" => "2005"
                        "volumen" => "17"
                        "paginaInicial" => "1185"
                        "paginaFinal" => "1189"
                        "link" => array:1 [
                          0 => array:2 [
                            "url" => "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16215430"
                            "web" => "Medline"
                          ]
                        ]
                      ]
                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              ]
            ]
            12 => array:3 [
              "identificador" => "bib0065"
              "etiqueta" => "13&#46;"
              "referencia" => array:1 [
                0 => array:2 [
                  "contribucion" => array:1 [
                    0 => array:2 [
                      "titulo" => "Prospective multicenter study of eligibility for antiviral therapy among 4&#44;084 U&#46;S&#46; Veterans with chronic hepatitis C virus infection"
                      "autores" => array:1 [
                        0 => array:2 [
                          "etal" => true
                          "autores" => array:3 [
                            0 => "Bini E&#46;J&#46;"
                            1 => "Brau N"
                            2 => "Currie S"
                          ]
                        ]
                      ]
                    ]
                  ]
                  "host" => array:1 [
                    0 => array:2 [
                      "doi" => "10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41860.x"
                      "Revista" => array:6 [
                        "tituloSerie" => "Am J Gastroenterol"
                        "fecha" => "2005"
                        "volumen" => "100"
                        "paginaInicial" => "1772"
                        "paginaFinal" => "1779"
                        "link" => array:1 [
                          0 => array:2 [
                            "url" => "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16086714"
                            "web" => "Medline"
                          ]
                        ]
                      ]
                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              ]
            ]
          ]
        ]
      ]
    ]
  ]
  "idiomaDefecto" => "en"
  "url" => "/16652681/00000005000000S1/v1_201906280857/S1665268119319647/v1_201906280857/en/main.assets"
  "Apartado" => null
  "PDF" => "https://static.elsevier.es/multimedia/16652681/00000005000000S1/v1_201906280857/S1665268119319647/v1_201906280857/en/main.pdf?idApp=UINPBA00004N&text.app=https://www.elsevier.es/"
  "EPUB" => "https://multimedia.elsevier.es/PublicationsMultimediaV1/item/epub/S1665268119319647?idApp=UINPBA00004N"
]
Article information
ISSN: 16652681
Original language: English
The statistics are updated each day
Year/Month Html Pdf Total
2024 November 28 10 38
2024 October 235 32 267
2024 September 197 50 247
2024 August 151 32 183
2024 July 191 48 239
2024 June 273 56 329
2024 May 207 41 248
2024 April 251 35 286
2024 March 211 46 257
2024 February 223 62 285
2024 January 250 45 295
2023 December 209 80 289
2023 November 286 71 357
2023 October 243 51 294
2023 September 231 26 257
2023 August 218 29 247
2023 July 239 42 281
2023 June 288 47 335
2023 May 331 52 383
2023 April 325 22 347
2023 March 357 40 397
2023 February 210 24 234
2023 January 256 20 276
2022 December 246 19 265
2022 November 333 17 350
2022 October 361 28 389
2022 September 305 24 329
2022 August 232 16 248
2022 July 179 15 194
2022 June 179 13 192
2022 May 209 12 221
2022 April 306 16 322
2022 March 248 9 257
2022 February 253 15 268
2022 January 188 9 197
2021 December 220 14 234
2021 November 280 20 300
2021 October 213 14 227
2021 September 206 11 217
2021 August 205 13 218
2021 July 221 9 230
2021 June 258 9 267
2021 May 210 13 223
2021 April 408 29 437
2021 March 272 14 286
2021 February 213 21 234
2021 January 143 11 154
2020 December 148 12 160
2020 November 139 10 149
2020 October 94 11 105
2020 September 106 6 112
2020 August 93 11 104
2020 July 92 3 95
2020 June 125 10 135
2020 May 63 4 67
2020 April 56 2 58
2020 March 67 5 72
2020 February 18 1 19
2020 January 4 5 9
2019 December 8 4 12
2019 November 0 2 2
2019 October 4 2 6
2019 September 8 3 11
2019 August 8 1 9
2019 July 2 10 12
2019 June 2 6 8
Show all

Follow this link to access the full text of the article

es en pt

¿Es usted profesional sanitario apto para prescribir o dispensar medicamentos?

Are you a health professional able to prescribe or dispense drugs?

Você é um profissional de saúde habilitado a prescrever ou dispensar medicamentos