HCV vertically acquired infection is asymptomatic and characterized by a high chronic infection rate; only 9% of HCV infected children shows spontaneous remission. As far as a mild course of the disease has been observed during childhood, we hypothesize that any eventual treatment intervention could be postpone until adolescent age.
Infants vertically infected with hepatitis C : a long term longitudinal follow-up / G.V. Zuccotti, M. Torcoletti, F. Salvini, C. Cucchi, E. Riva, M. Giovannini. - In: PEDIATRIA MEDICA E CHIRURGICA. - ISSN 0391-5387. - 26:1(2004), pp. 50-52.
Infants vertically infected with hepatitis C : a long term longitudinal follow-up
G.V. ZuccottiPrimo
;E. RivaPenultimo
;M. GiovanniniUltimo
2004
Abstract
HCV vertically acquired infection is asymptomatic and characterized by a high chronic infection rate; only 9% of HCV infected children shows spontaneous remission. As far as a mild course of the disease has been observed during childhood, we hypothesize that any eventual treatment intervention could be postpone until adolescent age.
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