Table 1: Liver function tests and viral load in a patient with psoriasis and hepatitis C before and

              after treatment with etanercept

 

 

       pretreatment

 

        at 6 months

 

       at 12 months

 

    ALT  (IU/l)       

 

             

             32         

 

 

              28

 

 

             30

 

    AST  (IU/l)

 

 

             49

 

 

              45

 

 

              47

    

    γ –GT (IU/l)

 

 

             43                         

  

 

              45                    

 

             

              46

 

Alkaline phosphatase (IU/l)

 

            123

 

            120                   

 

             118

 

Total bilirubin (mg/dl)

 

            0.41

 

             0.50

 

            0.45

 

HCV PCR Real Time (IU/l)

 

           3.3 x 106    

 

           2.2 x 106

 

       2.8 x 106

ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; γ-GT: Gamma galactosyl transferase; 

HCV: Hepatitis C virus;  PCR: Polymerase chain reaction