AUTOIMMUNE CHRONIC HEPATITIS EXACERBATED BY ALPHA-INTERFERON

被引:163
作者
PAPO, T
MARCELLIN, P
BERNUAU, J
DURAND, F
POYNARD, T
BENHAMOU, JP
机构
[1] HOP BEAUJON, SERV HEPATOL, F-92118 CLICHY, FRANCE
[2] HOP ANTOINE BECLERE, F-92140 CLAMART, FRANCE
关键词
HEPATITIS-C; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; INTERFERON-ALPHA; PREDNISONE; LIVER DISEASES;
D O I
10.7326/0003-4819-116-1-51
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
We describe three patients with type-1 autoimmune chronic hepatitis whose liver disease was exacerbated by alpha-interferon. In all cases, chronic hepatitis was initially considered to be caused by infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV), exacerbation of disease occurred 4 to 8 weeks after alpha-interferon therapy was begun. Infection with HCV was not confirmed by second-generation specific tests. Elevated titers of antinuclear and anti-smoth-muscle antibodies were diagnostic of type-1 autoimmune chronic hepatitis. All patients showed improvement after cessation of alpha-interferon and administration of corticosteroids. Exacerbation of chronic hepatitis after treatment with alpha-interferon has practical implications. It provides a clue to the diagnosis of autoimmune chronic hepatitis, and it should prompt the cessation of alpha-interferon and the administration of corticosteroids.
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