Significance of serum immunoglobulin M to hepatitis C virus core in patients with chronic hepatitis C.

Objectives: Anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) IgM antibodies were found in patients with both acute and chronic hepatitis C. The aims of this study were to determine the significance, in terms of liver disease, virological parameters, and response to interferon therapy, of IgM antibody to hepatitis C virus core protein (IgM anti-HCV-core) in the serum of patients with chronic hepatitis C.

Methods: The presence of IgM anti-HCVcore was investigated in 42 patients with chronic hepatitis C.

[The E.E.G. in ruptured cerebral aneurysms before operation. Use of carotid compression and the controlled hypotension test (author's transl)].

In 45 cases of ruptured intra-cranial aneurysms the authors studied the standard E.E.G.