Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound
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Query: EC:2.6.1.1 (aspartate aminotransferase)
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Eighteen patients with biopsy proven chronic hepatitis B and markers of ongoing viral replication were treated with interferon alpha-2b (Intron A) while 24 similar patients served as control group. Permanent termination of HBV replication and normalization of ALT and AST activity was seen in 7 (39%) treated patients and in only two (8%) controls (p less than 0.05). Adverse reactions were few and subsided with the termination of therapy. These results of interferon therapy in chronic hepatitis B seem encouraging.
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PMID:[Treatment of chronic hepatitis B with interferon alfa-2b (Intron A)]. 184 9