introduction: chronic hepatitis b and c will result in limitations of physical and mental functions which in turn reduces the quality of life of the patients. this study examines the quality of life in patients with chronic hepatitis b and c in rasht razi hospital between the period of 2003-2004. materials and methods: in this cross- sectional study, 74 patients with chronic hepatititis living ...

BACKGROUND/AIMS The aim of the study was to assess bone metabolism and impact of disease on bone mineral density in patients with non-cirrhotic chronic hepatitis B or C. METHODS 105 patients with chronic hepatitis B or C receiving antiviral agents and 60 healthy controls were included. Subgroups (n=15) were defined on the basis of age (males) or menopausal status (females). Bone mineral densi...

prevalence of chronic hepatitis c virus infection in adult multitransfused thalassemic patients in iran

BACKGROUND Few studies have addressed the indirect costs of chronic hepatitis B and C, and none has assessed the real costs of these conditions, including indirect costs caused by loss of work, in Turkey. AIMS This study therefore analysed the costs of treatment, follow-up, and complications of chronic hepatitis B and hepatitis C infections to the community. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional stu...

Background This work is intended to establish a relation between two diseases, medical and psychiatric, both of them considered public health issues – chronic hepatitis C and depression. Interferon has been a great progress for the chronic hepatitis C patients’ therapy, but the treatment is encumbered by the occurrence of depression on 3-57% of patients. The purpose of this work is to assess th...

Background and Aims: Almost 350 million people worldwide are carriers of hepatitis B virus. The rate of chronic carriers in Iran is about 3%.  Therefore Iran is categorized as a country with moderate rate of infection with this virus. In developing countries, transmission from mother to fetus and newborn is considered as one of the main routes of transmission. So, this study investigated t...

objectives: patients with hepatitis c virus infection are at high risk of getting hepatitis a virus. hepatitis a virus is an important widespread virus that usually causes more severe medical consequences in patients with chronic liver disease. the purpose of this study was to evaluate prevalence of hepatitis a virus antibody in patients with chronic hcv in isfahan province, iran. methods: a cr...

background despite significant advances in the treatment of chronic hepatitis c in the past decades, factors which can affect response rates to combination therapy; peginterferon and ribavirin, are still under study and reaching sustained virological response (svr) is affected by several different factors. objectives to investigate predictor factors contributing to svr in iranian patients. pati...

background: hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection is the most common transfusion transmitted disease in poly-transfused patients worldwide. in this study we aimed to evaluate the effects of pegylated interferon alfa-2a (peg-ifn a-2a) in reducing serum alt and eradicating serum hepatitis c virus (hcv) rna in hcv infected polytransfused thalassemic patients. materials and methods: a cohort of 51 hcv-...