Glucocorticoids in the Treatment of Patients with Severe Viral Hepatitis or Chronic Active Hepatitis
- VernacularTitle:糖皮质激素对重型肝炎及慢性活动性肝炎的疗效
- Author:
Mengdong LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Journal of Third Military Medical University
1984;0(02):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Nine cases with serious chronic active hepatitis and 19 cases with severe viral hepatitis were treated with glucocorticoids in the past four years, the former were all recovered while 12 cases of the later achieved marked clinical improvement. Since no specific treatment for severe viral hepatitis was available, the effective rate of 63.2% of glucocorticoids on the disease was considered satisfactory.According to the clinical data, we think that the mechanism of treatment of glucocorticoids on viral hepatitis can not be definitely attributed to their anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive activities but it would more likely be due to their potential effect on regulating the physiological functions of the liver cells.
