Hepatitis C Complicated By Morphine Withdrawal
1st Nov 2005, 05:18 GMT
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have demonstrated that morphine withdrawal complicates hepatitis C by suppressing IFN-alpha-mediated immunity and enhancing virus replication. The paper by Wang et al., "Morphine withdrawal enhances hepatitis C virus (HCV) replicon expression," appears in the November issue of The American Journal of Pathology and is accompanied by a commentary.
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