Do anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibody titres correlate well with disease activity in children with Crohn 's disease?
Both ASCA IgA and IgG titres seemed to correlate well with clinical Crohn's disease activity in children. Measuring these antibodies may be considered during routine clinical care for those patients.
Among HCV patients treated with PEG-IFN and ribavirin, the absence of RVR was the most important independent predictor of relapse, independent of the HCV genotype. In the subgroup of genotypes 2 and 3 patients, the severity of fibrosis was also an important factor associated with the relapse rate.