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| Marchioretto,M.A.M.; Ecclissato,C.; Silva,C.M.F. da; Cassiano,N.M.; Calafatti,S.A.; Mendonça,S.; Ribeiro,M.L.; Bernasconi,G.C.R.; Degger,M.F.; Piovesan,H.; Pedrazzoli Jr.,J.. |
| It has been suggested that the measurement of metronidazole clearance is a sensitive method for evaluating liver function. The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of plasma hydroxy-metronidazole/metronidazole ratios as indicators of dynamic liver function to detect changes resulting from the various forms of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. A total of 139 individuals were studied: 14 healthy volunteers, 22 healthy, asymptomatic, consecutive anti-HCV-positive HCV-RNA negative subjects, 81 patients with chronic hepatitis C (49 with moderate/severe chronic hepatitis and 34 with mild hepatitis), and 20 patients with cirrhosis of the liver. HCV status was determined by the polymerase chain reaction. Plasma concentrations of metronidazole... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Metronidazole; Liver function; Hepatitis C; Cytochrome P450. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2005000300015 |
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