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Management strategies for hepatitis C virus infection in children.
Paediatric drugs - 1 Jan 2008
Davison Suzanne M, Kelly Deirdre A
Abstract excerpt
Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Progression to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma occurs in 20% of infected adults. The natural history following childhood infection is less well defined, although cirrhosis in children is described. Since blood product screening for HCV infection was introduced in 1990, most children who acquire HCV do so by...
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