Publications by authors named "Smita Sawant"
Objectives: To assess the efficacy and safety of sofosbuvir based generic Direct Acting Antivirals (DAAs) in treatment of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) in adolescents with thalassemia major (TM).
Methods: In this prospective single-arm study, 18 TM adolescents with Chronic Hepatitis C received sofosbuvir based generic DAAs. Patients with genotype 1 and genotype 3 received ledipasvir and daclatasvir respectively.
Background: There is no published data of treating hepatitis C in thalassemia major patients with any sofosbuvir based direct acting antivirals (DAAs). This study was performed to determine the efficacy and safety of these regimes using generic drugs in the thalassemia major population.
Methods: In this observational study, 902 patients of thalassemia major from five transfusion centres in Mumbai were screened for HCV antibody.
Background: Perforating disorders of the skin, is an often overlooked entity characterized by transepidermal elimination of material from the upper dermis and are classified histopathologically according to the type of epidermal disruption and the nature of the eliminated material. They include Kyrle's disease, perforating folliculitis, reactive perforating collagenosis, and elastosis perforans serpiginosa.
Aim: The aim of this study was to delineate the clinical and histopathological features of perforating disorders of the skin.