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Volume 26

October - December 2010

Number  4


 

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Acute psychosis after therapy with Peginterferon
alpha 2a (Pegaferon) in chronic Hepatitis C

Seyed-Moayed Alavian1

ABSTRACT

Exacerbation of psychotic symptoms during HCV treatment with interferon alpha has been reported. We present a case with psychiatric complication after therapy with Peginterferon.

KEY WORDS: Acute Psychosis, Hepatitis-C, Peginterferon.

Pak J Med Sci    October - December 2010    Vol. 26 No. 4    985-986

How to cite this article:

Alavian SM. Acute psychosis after therapy with Peginterferon alpha 2a (Pegaferon) in chronic Hepatitis C. Pak J Med Sci 2010;26(4):985-986


1. Seyed-Moayed Alavian
Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences,
Research Center for Gastroenterology and Liver

Correspondence

Seyed-Moayed Alavian,
Baqiyatallah Research Center for Gastroenterology
and Liver Diseases,
Grand floor of Baqiyatallah Hospital,
Mollasadra Ave., Vanak Sq.
P.O. Box 14155-3651,
Tehran, Iran.
E mail: Alavian@thc.ir

* Received for Publication: April 9, 2009

* Accepted: July 24, 2010



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