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Demographic and anthropometrical analysis and genotype distribution of chronic hepatitis C patients treated in public and private reference centers in Brazil.
The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases - 1 Oct 2004
Focaccia R, Baraldo D C M, Ferraz M L G, Martinelli A L C, Carrilho F J, Gonçales F L, Pedroso M L A, Coelho H S M, Lacerda M A, Brandão C E, Mattos A A, Lira L G C, Zamin I, Pinheiro J O P, Tovo C V, Both C T, Soares J A S, Dittrich S
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a serious public health problem, since 80% to 85% of HCV carriers develop a persistent infection that can progress into liver cirrhosis and hepatocarcinoma. Considering that the response of hepatitis C patients to combination therapy with interferon and ribavirin depends on HCV characteristics as well as on host features, we made a retrospective analysis of demographic and...
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