Case Report
Combined Treatment with Antiviral Therapy and Rituximab in Patients with Mixed Cryoglobulinemia: Review of the Literature and Report of a Case Using Direct Antiviral Agents-Based Antihepatitis C Virus Therapy
Table 1
Main clinical and laboratory data before rituximab (RTX-baseline), 2 months after rituximab cycle (BOC-baseline), and at the end of follow-up after boceprevir-based antiviral therapy (post-BOC).
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RTX: rituximab; BOC: boceprevir; MC: mixed cryoglobulinemia; IL28B: polymorphism of interleukin-28B; stiffness: liver stiffness as evaluated by transient elastography; kPa: kilopascal; IU: international units; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; RF: rheumatoid factor. †Normal values: <40 IU/L; normal values: <10 IU/mL; ‡normal values: from 10 to 40 mg/dL. |