Improvement of a CIDP associated with hepatitis C virus infection using antiviral therapy.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A 57-year-old man with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy associated with hepatitis C virus infection was treated successfully with the combination of peginterferon-alpha-2b and ribavirin. Viral eradication was confirmed during the 4th week of treatment and was followed 3 weeks later by neurologic improvement. The patient resumed normal activity 1 year after the therapy was completed.
Medical subject headings
- Antiviral Agents
- Hepatitis C, Chronic
- Interferon-alpha
- Polyradiculoneuropathy, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating
- Ribavirin