1.   Histological examination before treatment showed that all the patients had chronic active hepatitis with cirrhosis.

2.   Other possible explanations are that interferon alfa is directly toxic to hepatocytes and that it induces autoimmune chronic active hepatitis.

3.   Long-term consequences include chronic active hepatitis, cirrhosis and liver cancer.

4.   Echazabal has asymptomatic, chronic active hepatitis C, a viral infection.

5.   Since anti-HIV drugs can also suppress liver function, it can be risky to give them when patients have active hepatitis.

6.   The only automatic rule-outs are HIV and active viral hepatitis, he added.

7.   The only factors ruling out organ donation are HIV and active viral hepatitis, he added.

8.   The standard treatment for active hepatitis C is an antiviral-drug combination of alpha interferon and ribavirin.

9.   Two years ago, her chronic active hepatitis C went into remission through alternative medicine, she says.