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Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2001; 126(Suppl. Gastroenterol. 1): S68-S75
DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-14495
Supplement Gastroenterologie (1)
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PEG-Interferone: Bedeutung für die Therapie der Virushepatitis B und C

PEG-interferons: significance for the treatment of viral hepatitis B and CH. Wedemeyer, M. Cornberg, M. P. Manns
  • Abteilung Gastroenterologie und Hepatologie (Direktor: Prof. Dr. med. M.P. Manns) der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover
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11 September 2002 (online)

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Weltweit leiden mehr als eine halbe Milliarde Menschen unter einer chronischen Infektion mit einem Hepatitisvirus. Während von ca. 170 Millionen Patienten mit chronischer Hepatitis C ausgegangen wird, sind etwa 350 Millionen Menschen chronische Träger des Hepatitis-B-Virus. Die virale Hepatitis ist die Hauptursache für Leberzellkrebs und Lebertransplantationen in der westlichen Welt. Die Therapie der chronischen Hepatitis C und B hat sich in den letzten Jahren deutlich weiterentwickelt, die Einführung von pegylierten Interferonen stellt hierbei die jüngste Neuerung dar.

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