Drug Points: Rhabdomyolysis after treatment with interferon alfa
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Lymphoblastoid interferon alfa treatment in chronic hepatitis
Interferon is becoming the standard treatment in adults for chronic hepatitis C. Twenty one children with histologically proved chronic hepatitis C (10 boys, range 2 5-13 years), who were otherwise healthy, were enrolled in a randomised controlled study to test their response to interferon alfa. Eleven children were treated with lymphoblastoid interferon alfa (3 million units/M2) for 12 months;...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.309.6953.512a